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Festive Holiday Cookies
Red Velvet Cookies

recipe by chelsea kirk photography by shana smith

Red Velvet Cookies

Enjoy these decadent cookies as a warm, fresh-baked winter treat, or exchange them at a neighborhood cookie swap.

Ingredients
  • 2¼ c. flour
  • 2½ tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 1½ tsp. cornstarch
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 8 tbsp. butter, room temperature
  • 6 tbsp. shortening
  • 1½ c. sugar
  • 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1½ tsp. vinegar
  • 1½ tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tbsp. red food coloring
  • 1¹/³ c. white chocolate chips


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  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
  2. Using a hand mixer set on medium, combine butter, shortening, and sugar until mixture is pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk, and mix until just combined.
  3. Add vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring until well blended, and slowly add dry ingredients to the mixture.
  4. Add chocolate chips, and mix with a spoon or a spatula. Mold 1½ tablespoons of dough into a round shape, without flattening, and place on a cookie sheet; repeat for each cookie. Bake for 8-9 minutes.
MAKES ABOUT 36 COOKIES.

For more sweet recipe ideas, visit www.americanlifestylemag.com/holidays.

Posted in Issue 80 Vol 2, Recipe on Nov 18, 2016