Description
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are rich, cocoa-flavored, and perfectly soft with a dramatic sugar-crackled finish. A holiday-ready cookie that’s as fun to bake as it is to eat.
Ingredients
Scale
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp red food coloring (professional strength)
2 cups all-purpose flour
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ cup granulated sugar (for rolling)
½ cup powdered sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 °F (about 175 °C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter, light brown sugar and granulated sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition to incorporate. Then stir in the vanilla extract and red food colouring, mixing until the colour is even throughout.
- In a separate bowl, sift (or whisk) together the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
- Add the dry ingredient mixture to the wet mixture and beat (or stir) until just combined—you don’t want to over-mix.
- Prepare two small bowls: one with granulated sugar and one with powdered sugar. Using a cookie scoop (about 1 ounce) or a tablespoon, scoop out balls of dough. Roll each ball first in the granulated sugar and then in the powdered sugar, making sure the dough ball is completely coated in both.
- Place the coated dough balls on the prepared cookie sheet, spacing them about an inch apart (they will puff and crack during baking).
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until the cookies have puffed up and cracked on top but are still a little gooey in the center. Avoid overbaking.
- Once out of the oven, allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling (they’ll firm up a bit as they cool).
- Serve with a glass of milk, a warm beverage, or enjoy on their own!
Notes
If using standard food coloring, add more to achieve a deep red hue. Chilling dough can help reduce spread if needed.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 13 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Protein: 2 g