Red Velvet Cookies

Red Velvet Cookies

Recipe from the book Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke

Ingredients

• 2 one-ounce squares unsweetened baking chocolate (melted)
• 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar 
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 Tablespoon red food coloring
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F, rack in the middle position.
2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.  Spray the paper with Pam.
3. Combine butter and sugars together in bowl and mix till smooth.
4. Add baking soda and salt and mix till incorporated.
5. Add egg and beat till smooth. 
6. Add red food coloring and mix in.
7. Add half the flour.  When incorporated add the sour cream.
8. Add the rest of the flour and beat till incorporated.
9.  Stir in the chocolate chips.
10. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and spray with Pam.
11. Use teaspoon to drop dough on parchment paper (I used medium size Pampered Chef scoop.) 
12.  Bake 9 - 11 minutes (I baked them 10 minutes)
13. Slide the parchment from the cookie sheets and onto a wire rack.  Let the cookies cool on rack while the next batch is baking. 

Electric mixer is recommended which I used and made quite a mess as the dough is pretty sticky.  Next time I will mix it all by hand.

Cookies are very good and were a hit with Ken and David.  Tastes like little bites of Red Velvet Cake.

They are time consuming to make with lots of steps but worth it.

Happy Eating 🍪