Red Velvet Stuffed Cookies

These Red Velvet Stuffed Cookies have the perfect flavor balance of subtle red velvet flavor and sour zing from the cream cheese stuffing. The white and red colors make them an ideal addition to your Christmas cookie box.

About These Red Velvet Stuffed Cookies

• These cookies contain two parts; red velvet cookie dough, and cream cheese filling.
• The ingredients for both parts are very basic and there is no fancy ingredient is required for these beautiful cookies!
• Like any other red velvet recipe, this recipe calls for cocoa powder and gel red food coloring. Cocoa powder adds flavor and also enhances the red color.
• We use both granulated sugar and brown sugar in this recipe. Brown sugar contains molasses and helps with extra moisture in the cookies.
• There is one large egg to make bonding in the cookie dough. Egg works like glue in any recipe.
• These Red Velvet Stuffed Cookies roll into granulated sugar for some extra crunch and crystal shine.

• These Red Velvet Stuffed Cookies are stuffed with a creamy and delicious cream cheese mixture.
• The stuffing contains simple ingredients such as cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. All we need to do is to mix all these ingredients into a soft and creamy mixture.

How To Make These Cookies

• Start with making the cream cheese stuffing by beating the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar. A few drops of vanilla extract will add more flavor.
• Sift all the dry ingredients including cocoa powder. Sifting cocoa powder insures a lump-free mixture!
• Beat the room-temperature butter with two sugars until fully combined and fluffy.
• Next, add the egg and the red gel food coloring. Red Gel Food Coloring. The amount of food color depends on how red you would like these cookies to be.
• At the end fold in the dry ingredients and mix. Wrap the dough in cling wrap and chill for half an hour.

• Make small balls the size of a large walnut in the shell, of the chilled dough.
• Press the ball in the center with your thumb and make a dentation. Then place a small amount of the cream cheese mixture in that dent.
• Bring the sides of the cookie dough to the center to cover the cream cheese, and then roll the dough between your palms to make it into the shape of a ball again.
• Roll each dough ball into granulated sugar and place them on the baking sheet and bake the cookies. These cookies will not expand too much, and just leave an inch between them. Bake and enjoy them!

See other Red Velvet recipes here; Red Velvet Cookies, and Christmas Marble Pound Cake.

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