These delicious red velvet cookies are topped with a sweet, whipped cream cheese frosting and can satisfy any sweet tooth! I love red velvet cake and was really in the mood for it this weekend, but my husband isn’t a red velvet fan. So I decided to make myself some cookies instead. They turned out fantastic!

I really like them because they are super soft and rich. They taste just like the red velvet cake I was craving, just a little more dense in the cookie form. The frosting is a whipped cream cheese frosting which really balances the richness of the cookie very well. They are soft, rich and decadent, just like red velvet should be!

These frosted red velvet cookies were easy to make and I will definitely be bringing them to future get togethers. I think they would be really fun at a Valentine’s Day party or for a fun twist on some of the more traditional Christmas cookies. You could also put a little green food coloring in your whipped frosting if you were having them for a Christmas party.

When making these cookies, the bake time does seem kind of short, but go with it. These cookies don’t puff up and spread out much so they will bake quickly. I can also see how they could dry out if they were over baked. These red velvet cookies are intended to be a soft cookie.

So if you are in the mood for red velvet, give these a try and let me know what you thought by commenting below!

Frosted Red Velvet Cookies

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 medium cookie scoop
• 2 lined cookie sheets line with silicone sheets or parchment paper
• 1 Mixer
• 1 Measuring Cups
• 1 Measuring Spoons
• 1 mixing bowl
• 1 cooling rack

Ingredients

  

Red Velvet Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1-2 tsp red gel food coloring
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 4 oz cream cheese softened
• 3 tbsp butter softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

 

Red Velvet Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheets and set aside
• Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cornstarch and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together in mixer until creamy and smooth. About 1 to 2 min.
• Whisk in egg, vanilla, vinegar and food coloring until combined.
• Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.
• Using medium cookie scoop, scoop cookies out onto prepared cookie sheets. You should get about 24 cookies.
• Lightly press down tops of cookies to flatten.
• Bake cookies for 10 min.
• Cool cookies for about 15 min on cookie sheet before removing to a cooling rack.

Cream Cheese Frosting

• With mixer, mix together cream cheese and butter until fluffy and smooth. About 2 min.
• Add powdered sugar and vanilla and whip for 3-5 min.
• Once cookies are completely cooled, top with frosting.

Notes

• 10 min baking time is for one tray of 12 cookies.  If baking both trays at once, you may want to watch closely after 10 min, and possibly add up to another 5 minutes.

Keyword desserts, frosted cookies, red velvet cookies