Tips and Procedures:
- I like to scoop my cookie dough and freeze them for about 15 minutes before baking. This allows the butter to chill up that way when they bake, they don't spread as much and you're left with a thicker chewier cookie.
- Before mixing the dry ingredients like all-purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar, sift them individually. This easy but very important step would make your cookies nice and evenly textured. It wouldn't be fun biting into a lump of flour in between 🙂
How to Make Red Velvet Cookies:
These are the ingredients that you will need:
- brown sugar
- softened butter
- egg
- red food coloring
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- cocoa powder
- baking soda
- salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease the cookie sheet or use parchment paper or a baking mat.
In a large bowl add brown sugar and softened butter and mix until light and fluffy:
Add the egg, vanilla extract, and mix:
Next, add red food coloring:
The cookie batter will look like this:
In another bowl sift the all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix and add to the wet ingredients:
Shape dough to about 1 ½ to 2 inch balls and bake for 12-14 minutes:
I promise, Simply Bakers, these smelled so yummy in my kitchen!
Melt the white chocolate in a microwave and you are ready to drizzle some sweet chocolate on top of the cooled Red Velvet Cookies!
There's no really perfect way to do it. I just did it "freestyle" but it still looked pretty! ♥
Frequently Asked Questions for the Red Velvet Cookies Recipe:
Q: Can I freeze this cookie dough a few days before baking?
A: Sure, you can. Just make sure to thaw it before baking.
Q: How many cookies did this recipe make?
A: I have made about 24 cookies using this recipe.
Q: Can I make big cookies out of this recipe?
A: I do not advise making very large cookies as it will affect the cooking time and also the quality of the cookies.
More delicious and easy cookie recipes:
- Jello Cookies
- Choco Mint Blossom Cookies
- Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Snickers Oreo Cheesecake
- Easy Nutella Cookies only 4 Ingredients
- Double Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
Red Velvet Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup softened butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon red food coloring
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease cookie sheet or use parchment paper or baking mat.
- In a large bowl add brown sugar and softened butter and mix until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla extract and mix. Next add red food coloring.
- In another bowl sift, all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Mix and add to the wet ingredients.
- Shape dough to about 1 ½ to 2 inch balls.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes
Notes
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Hanna says
How many cookies does this recipe make?
Lainey says
makes about 1 dozen large cookies! 🙂
Hanna says
Also, if I make this at night will it get hard by the next day? (Afternoon)
Lainey says
no, just don't over bake the cookies. 🙂
Lina says
Can I bake some cookies today and leaves some dough for tomorrow to bake?
Lina says
Hello Laniey, can you reply me please i know this comment it now but just please replay me. Maybe you dont even watch this comment any more
Lainey says
Sorry Lina for the late response. You can catch me on IG or FB. I usually answer within 24 hours. 🙂
Lainey says
Hi Lina,
Yes, of course you can. 🙂
Anonymous says
They tasted sooooooooooo good
Lainey says
Hi there! Thank you so much! I hope you try out more of my cookie recipes! 🙂
Carlee says
Amazing! This is so yum!
Lainey says
Thank you so much for your kind words, Carlee. I appreciate it!
David Brightwell says
The ingredients include 1/4 cup of cocoa powder but it is not mentioned in the mixing instructions. I
combined it with the flour before adding to the wet ingredients. The cookies came out looking like chocolate cake instead of red velvet. Is the amount of cocoa accurate, because it appeared to be too much?
Lainey says
Hi David, I'm so sorry! Fixed it on the recipe card. 🙂 Yes it's correct, the cookies were almost cakelike. 🙂
Wanda Comcy says
Real red velvet doesn't need food coloring because the cocoa gives it color.