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Red Velvet Cookies

Course Biscuits, Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword Baking, cookies, red velvet, red velvet cookies, traybake, white chocolate
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 175 g Unsalted Butter Room Temperature
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ tsp Red Gel Food Colouring
  • 225 g Plain Flour
  • 25 g Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 100 g White Chocolate cut up into chunks
  • 100 g White Chocolate Chips
  • 100 g Caster Sugar
  • 200 g Light Brown Sugar

Drizzle

  • 50 g Cream Cheese
  • 50 g Icing Sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 4. Grease two baking trays with baking parchment.
  • Cream together the butter, sugars and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add the egg, red colouring then beat until just combined.
  • Sift the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into the bowl then beat until combined, then stir through the white chocolate chunks.
  • Place spoonfuls of cookie dough onto the baking trays, allowing room for the cookies to spread. Chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
  • Bake for about 13 - 15 minutes then remove from the oven and leave the cookies to set on the tray for five minutes before placing on a wire rack to cool.
  • Beat the cream cheese until its a loose consistency then add the icing sugar and beat until its a thick but pipeable consistency.
  • Add the cream cheese frosting to a piping bag and then drizzle it over the cookies once they are cooled.