Red velvet cookies

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:51:08 GMT

Step 1

Preheat oven to convection 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Step 2

Beat room temperature butter in stand mixer/by hand for 3-5 minutes (or until butter turns off-white).

Step 3

Add in brown sugar and white sugar. Beat the sugar with the butter until the mixture is fluffy (about 2 minutes).

Step 4

Add your large egg and stir into mixture.

Step 5

Mix in vanilla and molasses (optional).

Step 6

Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, expresso powder, cocoa powder, and salt to form your dough. If using a stand mixer, mix on low. If mixing by hand, use a spatula.

Step 7

Use a 1/3 cup scoop (or however much your heart desires) and place a single ball of dough on baking tray. THIS IS YOUR TEST COOKIE! Always start with baking a single cookie, to make sure you didn’t forget an ingredient and/or your oven isn’t too hot (some ovens have hot-spots or cook things quicker/slower than others). This is also a good indicator of how much your cookie will spread.

Step 8

After baking your test cookie, place cookie dough balls on your tray. Use your test cookie to estimate how many cookies you can fit on your tray.

Step 9

Bake cookies for 11-12 minutes (for 1/3 cup scoop).

Step 10

For perfectly circular cookies, use a circular bowl/cup and swirl around your fresh cookie to make edges clean. Then let cookies sit on tray for about 10 minutes before removing.

Step 11

Cool your cookies in the fridge before icing your cookies.

Step 12

For frosting, beat butter and shortening together until mixture turns off-white.

Step 13

Then add your powdered sugar until fully incorporated.

Step 14

Add your heavy cream and extracts. Whip the mixture to let the heavy cream fluffen your mixture. If you want, mix frosting with a spatula to take away some of the air bubbles (this will help you avoid air bubbles when piping it out)

Step 15

Put frosting in a ziploc/piping bag or frost with a utensil.

Step 16

Crumbl one of your cookies to put on top.

Step 17

Put in fridge to store up to 10 days or in room temperature for 8 days!

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