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Red Velvet Cookies
Soft chewy famous Red Velvet Cookies with sweet white chocolate chips.
People love themselves some Red Velvet. I think it just feels like home. I have had so many requests to create a red velvet cookie recipe! I already shared my RED VELVET CAKE RECIPE so now it was time to create a decadent red velvet cookie. I went to work and created a soft, chewy, decadent white chocolate chip red velvet cookie. I think you will love this recipe and it is perfect for the 4th of July.
What is Red Velvet?
It is a light chocolate cake with a touch of red food coloring to make it a vibrant red color. There is only a small amount of cocoa used to the chocolate notes are very subtle. It is usually paired with a silky cream cheese frosting.
I remember the first time I tried Red Velvet Cake. We were in Savannah, Georgia on a road trip to see as many Southern cities as possible. If you haven’t been to the South, you have to visit! There is so much charm, history, and beautiful architecture. Plus the people are truly the nicest — Southern charm is still alive and well. They also know how to make all things red velvet and I enjoyed trying everything I could get my hands on.
Since red velvet pairs so well with cream cheese frosting, you can always frost these red velvet cookies. If you do frost them, I suggest reducing the amount of white chocolate chips so the cookies aren’t too sweet.
I absolutely love the combination of white chocolate and red velvet. It pairs beautifully together and definitely compliments each other. My favorite brand is Ghirardelli white chocolate chips. There are many brands that are not real white chocolate so check the ingredients!
These Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies stay super-soft because of one special ingredient — cornstarch. Whenever I make cookies with cornstarch like my LEVAIN BAKERY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, they stay soft and chewy for days.
These would be one beautiful and festive Christmas cookie to add to your Christmas goodie plate. It would definitely be Santa’s favorite!
How to make the Best Red Velvet Cookies:
- Cream butter and sugars together for at least 4 minutes. This is an important step for several reasons. It allows the sugars to dissolve and wrap around the butter and also whip some air into the cookie dough.
- Add red food coloring and vanilla. The cookies can be a deeper red or a brighter red depending on how much food coloring added to the cookie dough.
- Use a mixture of leavening agents — baking soda and cornstarch. The cornstarch gives it a softness and the baking soda gives it a rise.
- Add white chocolate chips. Try to use high-quality white chocolate chips such as Ghirardelli because it makes a difference!
- Bake on light-colored baking sheets. Here are my favorite baking sheets — Nordicware Baking Sheets and I love to use these parchment paper liners.
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Red Velvet Cookies
Equipment
- 1 turner
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter (cold) (cut into small cubes)
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 2 teaspoons Red Food Coloring
- 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 3 cups Flour (or 1 1/2 cups of cake flour plus 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour. Do NOT pack down the flour)
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 cups White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar for 4 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and red food coloring. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Fold in cocoa, flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Fold in white chocolate chips.
- Line a light-colored baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat. Scoop 3 to 4 ounces of cookie dough onto baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before eating to allow time to set-up.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
We loved your chocolate chip pecan cookies – we have never made a bakery style cookie before and they were so delicious. We are now trying the red velvet white chocolate chip. Who knew corn starch and cold butter would work so well? Thank you for sharing your recipes.
Best Christmas cookies!
I added the food colouring has stated but they still came out brown – I re did it again with another teaspoon of colouring and still bown and the dough was softer..how much can i add and will it not effect the dough?
Hi Melissa! I just made these and I’m not sure if I did something wrong when I creamed the butter and sugars together. My butter I cut in squares right out of the fridge and mixed with my sugars for 4 minutes. It never got fluffy per se but was more stiff and definitely hard to stir. What did I do wrong? Was my butter too cold? This created a really stiff cookie dough that was hard to fold with the rest of the ingredients. Thank you!
buenas tardes soy de colombia y me encantan tus recetas, pero tengo una duda respecto a la cantidad de gramos de harina en una taza.
usted me puede confirmar para usted cuanto es 1 taza de harina en gramos para su receta
gracias
maricela
I have a little home bakery business, and these red velvet cookies are often peoples’ favorites! I stuff the cookies with a cheesecake filling. So delicious!
Did they come out bright red ? Mine stayed brown?
I made these for my grandson he loves red velvet cake. These were amazing I rolled them in 1 inch balls and froze them. I baked on parchment at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. I did not thaw them first.
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I love the cake recipe, so I thought I would try your cookie recipe out because they look amazing! So glad I did, these are phenomenal!!
I love the cake so I thought I would try your cookie. Will make these again and again. Yes mam, so good!