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Red Velvet Cookies
This one-bowl red velvet cookie is rich, chewy, and ready in minutes (the inevitable red-stained fingers are 100 percent worth it).
👥 16 Servings👤 Jessie Sheehan📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●spatula
- ●oven
- ●baking sheet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°. Vigorously whisk 1½ cups (packed; 300 g) light brown sugar and 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, slightly cooled, in a large bowl until lightened in color and smooth and glossy, about ⏱️ 30 seconds. Whisk in 2 chilled large egg yolks and 1½ tsp. vanilla extract. Adding one at a time and whisking after each addition, sprinkle in ⅔ cup (54 g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, 1 tsp. baking soda, and 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt. Whisk in 2 tsp. red gel food coloring, then add 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour and fold in with a rubber spatula just until the last streak of flour disappears (be careful not to overmix).
½ cups (packed; 300 g) light brown sugar1(2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, slightly cooled1 cup(250 g) all-purpose flour2 cupschilled large egg yolks2½ tsp. vanilla extract1. baking soda1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt1 tsp. red gel food coloring2 tsp
2
Pour ½ cup red sanding sugar (preferably Betty Crocker; about 2 oz.) into a small shallow bowl. Divide dough into 16 equal portions (about 3 Tbsp. or 55 g each) and roll each portion into a ball. Roll each ball in sanding sugar to evenly coat, then divide between 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2" apart.
3
Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets top to bottom and front to back after ⏱️ 6 minutes, until puffed up and tops begin to crack, 12–⏱️ 14 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheets ⏱️ 5 minutes (they will collapse as they cool), then transfer to wire racks and let cool completely. Do ahead: Cookies can be baked 3 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature, or freeze in a resealable plastic bag for up to 1 month.
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