Classic Red Velvet Cookies. Red velvet cake lovers, these recipes are for you! We've taken your favorite cake and turned it into cookies. From red velvet cookie cups to red velvet whoopie pies, there is no shortage of ways to enjoy the classic flavor (and distinctive color) of red velvet. Add half of the sifted dry ingredients, stirring until well incorporated. Mix until the dough starts to form and there are no dry mix streaks.

Two secret ingredients turn a classic into the best red velvet cookies ever. Forget the red velvet cake box, these cookies are made from scratch. I have a thing or two for red velvet desserts as we get close to Valentine's Day. You can cook Classic Red Velvet Cookies using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Classic Red Velvet Cookies

You need 1 cup of maida / all-purpose flour.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
You need 2-3 drops of red food colour.
Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
It's 1/2 tsp of vinegar.
You need 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence (optional).
You need 1/2 cup of softened butter/ghee.
It's 3 tsp of cocoa powder.
You need 2 tbsp of white chocolate chips.

I have to admit, for a while I had mixed feelings about this southern classic dessert, but after my mother in law. Making these red velvet cookies isn't too tricky either. First beat together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. I like to use a little brown sugar in my cookies because it makes them extra chewy.

Classic Red Velvet Cookies step by step

In a bowl add butter & powdered sugar & whisk it hard till it becomes light and fluffy..
Now take another bowl, add maida, baking powder, salt, vanilla essence, cocoa powder. Mix everything well. Now add the vinegar+soda mixture to it & again mix everything well. Now add the butter+sugar mixture to the dry ingredients and mix everything well to form a soft dough..
At last add few drops of red colour to it & Knead the dough very well to get a proper red colour. Lastly add some white choco-chips to it and mix them well with the dough..
Now grease a plate with some ghee. Make small balls out of the dough. Flatten them a bit. Decorate it with some white choco-chips & keep it in a refrigerator for about 10 mins..
Till that time, take a large kadai for pre-heating. Cover it's base with some salt & keep a stand over it. Cover it and pre-heat it in a medium flame for 3 mins & in low flame for about 5 mins..
Then remove the cookie tray from the refrigerator & keep it inside the kadai, over the stand. Cover the kadai & bake them in a low flame for about half an hour. Use the same method with the rest of the batches. After 30 mins. remove the plate/tray from the kadai, leave it for as it is for about 15 mins then store the cookies in an air-tight container so that it remains fresh for long..

Then beat in the egg, vanilla extract, vinegar and red food coloring. Red Velvet Cookies: These red velvet cookies have a crackled, crunchy exterior with a soft, chewy, moist interior. The chocolate flavor is rich and well-developed — which is not always the case when it comes to red velvet anything. You keep these cookies in the fridge so the filling is like cheesecake and the cookie stays so soft and chewy. They pack in an authentic red velvet taste which is slightly chocolatey, slightly vanilla, with a hint of buttermilk.