yesterday i did some christmas baking... resulting in these sinful chocolatey creations: red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting (i got creative and added the green food coloring. and yep, i'm proud of myself.). we brought them to a friend's house where we had dinner, and they were soooo good. i'm posting the recipe below, in case anyone else would like to indulge. merry christmas!
Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Cookies
Ingredients:
2 3/4 cups of all purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 tbsp red liquid food coloring
1 tbsp vanilla extract
3/4 cups buttermilk
Directions:
Preheat Oven to 350.
Beat butter until creamy.
Add sugar and beat in eggs.
Beat in food coloring and vanilla.
Add flour mixture (all dry ingredients) alternating with buttermilk and beat at low speed after each addition.
Drop dough in 1/4 cupfuls 3'' apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Their is enough butter in the cookies that you don't need to grease the sheet.
Bake @ 350 for 10-15 minutes.
Let cool.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
1 8oz. package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Dash of salt
1 (16 oz. box) powdered sugar
Directions:
Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt at medium speed until creamy.
gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until smooth.
2 3/4 cups of all purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 tbsp red liquid food coloring
1 tbsp vanilla extract
3/4 cups buttermilk
Directions:
Preheat Oven to 350.
Beat butter until creamy.
Add sugar and beat in eggs.
Beat in food coloring and vanilla.
Add flour mixture (all dry ingredients) alternating with buttermilk and beat at low speed after each addition.
Drop dough in 1/4 cupfuls 3'' apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Their is enough butter in the cookies that you don't need to grease the sheet.
Bake @ 350 for 10-15 minutes.
Let cool.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
1 8oz. package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Dash of salt
1 (16 oz. box) powdered sugar
Directions:
Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt at medium speed until creamy.
gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until smooth.
1 comment:
I am jealous of Ben!
Dad
(But I am going to the Y to work out this morning:)
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