Red Velvet Shortbread Cookies
October 8, 2010 | Print | E-mail | Filed under 12weeksofchristmascookies, cookie
I’m a huge fan of red velvet anything, so I had a lot of fun making these cookies for week 2 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies. (A word of caution, however: make sure you wear gloves. I made them yesterday, and my hands are still a little red from the food coloring!) These cookies come together very quickly, and one of the great parts about them is that you can freeze them for up to 3 months – so, you can make them now and get a little ahead on your Christmas baking! In addition, because these cookies don’t contain any baking soda or powder, they stay quite flat while baking…which means they’d be great for decorating with royal icing! You can also dip them in chocolate, whip up a filling and make sandwich cookies out of them, or drizzle some melted white chocolate over the tops like I did. Get creative!
Recipe adapted from here.
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 1 Tbsp red food coloring
- 1-2 tsp water
- 1 ounce white baking chocolate, melted
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and cocoa powder.
Cut in the butter with a pastry blender and stir in the food coloring. Turn the dough out on to a floured surface and knead, adding water gradually until the dough comes together and becomes smooth (you may not need all the water). Roll out the dough to 1/4″ thickness and cut into shapes.
Bake about 20 minutes, and then remove to a rack to cool.
Drizzle with the white chocolate.
Makes a dozen 3″ cookies.
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October 8th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Wait seriously… Christmas is that close? Ahhh!
I love anything red velvet so I know these would be a hit!
October 8th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I would have never thought of Red Velvet shortbread!! They looks fantastic!
October 8th, 2010 at 9:53 am
What a great idea, red velvet cookies! Love that!
October 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am
I would have never thought of a red velvet cookie – they are so pretty, too! Thanks for sharing this one!
October 8th, 2010 at 10:30 am
What a great idea! I love the streaks of red throughout the cookie! Perfect for Christmas! So festive!
October 8th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Great pick for a recipe. My family loves red velvet cake so I know they’d get a kick out of these cookies. Plus, the color is so right for Christmas.
October 8th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
WOW…great idea! Never heard of Red Velvet Cookies before!!
October 8th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
They look wonderful! How festive!
October 8th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
These look fab … i think i’ll split the batch and make some red and the others green!
October 8th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Okay, seriously, what a freak’n fab cookie. This is awesome!
October 8th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
My daughter loves red velvet anything – so she’ll get a kick out of these!
October 8th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
What a perfect colour for the xmas. These are starting to make me feel festive already !
October 8th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
These are perfect for Christmas!
October 8th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
I love anything red velvet too. These sound and look delicous. Great idea. I love that they freeze well too. Maybe, I will be smart like you and get a jump on my Christmas cookie baking:)
October 8th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
I love the creativity in these! I’ve made red velvet in other forms than traditional cake but never cookies! They are so cute!
October 8th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Those are really fun and definitely festive!
October 9th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Red velvet is my favorite! I will most definitely be making these! Lovely cookies.
October 9th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
So cute and great idea!
October 9th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I’d love these dipped in chocolate, because..well, why not. Great idea. They are pretty though just as they are.
October 9th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Such a pretty and festive cookie. Would be a perfect addition to anyone’s cookie platter.
October 9th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
These cookies are a great idea. I love red velvet!
October 10th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Those are so cute! I love the way you’ve decorated them.
October 10th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I would have never thought of red velvet cookies. They look so festive, even without the icing!
October 10th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Red Velvet Cookies!!! Genius!
October 11th, 2010 at 1:16 am
I will remember these for sure!
October 11th, 2010 at 6:16 am
What a great idea, red velvet cookies! Love that!
October 11th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
CUTE! Red velvet cookies is kind of a brilliant idea! Can’t wait to try them!
October 11th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
What fun cookies for Christmastime! I can empathize with the food coloring-stained hand problem. When I did a lot of cake decorating, I constantly had black, green, red, etc. hands.
October 16th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
My kids will love making these!