As promised, here is my attempt at making red velvet cookies from scratch. I baked several batches over the last few days. I made chewy ones, soft ones, cakey ones. My favorite were these soft ones.
It was a little frustrating to achieve the true red velvet flavor. It’s much harder to do with cookies. It seemed that no matter how much buttermilk I added, the cookies still tasted like regular cookies.
I even bought powdered buttermilk, thinking the concentrated dose would be the key. If you use liquid buttermilk, the cookies come out cakey. The powdered buttermilk solved this issue but the taste is still pretty faint. You can find powdered buttermilk in the baking aisle. It looks like this.
These cookies taste like soft chocolate chip cookies, but with a hint of buttermilk and cocoa. It’s there, but very light. Still, these red cookies are delicious and very festive.
You might like my red velvet shortbread cookies, too!
Soft Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp distilled vinegar
- 2 tbsp powdered buttermilk found in the baking aisle
- 2 tsp red food coloring or more as needed to reach desired redness
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat mats. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add in remaining ingredients and mix on low speed until incorporated. Switch to medium-high speed until smooth dough forms. Stir in half of the chocolate chips.
- Make ping pong sized dough balls and place on baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Repeat until all of the dough is used up. Place 4-5 chocolate chips to the surface of each dough ball. Using the palm of your hand, slightly flatten each ball so that it becomes a thick round disk. Bake for 9-10 minutes until cookies are just set.
- Cool the cookies directly on the baking sheets. This will give them time to firm up. If you try to remove them right away they will fall apart.
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
Would the recipe work if I decide to bake it as a sheet instead of individual cookies?
I havent tried it, so I’m not sure. I think it should work
Does it must include the chocolate chip ? If I don’t want to put it, is it okay ?
no you dont need the choc chips
These looks perfect. Any substitute for the buttermilk powder? thanks.
unfortunately no. if you use liquid buttermilk, the cookies won’t hold. and buttermilk is pretty essential to the flavor of red velvet.
These look awesome! I bought red velvet chocolate chip cookies at a grocery store in FL once and they tasted like food coloring…I can tell these will be way better 😀
I hate it when something just tastes red! I ate way too many of these. Had to pack them up and give them away
Hi! I might just be being silly
but do you have actual recipes up? I’m looking through your site, and all I see are amazing pictures of food and descriptions but i cant see any recipes ):
yes, all the recipes should be working now!