Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cup Butter (I Use Unsalted)
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3 eggs
- 4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 teaspoons Almond Extract
- 1 teaspoon red gel food coloring
- 4 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Preparation
Step 1
1.In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until well combined, about 2 minutes.
2.Add in 3 eggs and mix until combined.
3.Add in vanilla extract, almond extract, and red gel food coloring, then mix thoroughly.
4.In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder. Slowly (about a cup at a time) add flour to butter mixture and combine. You can use a mixer or not, just depends on how strong you are.
5.I usually just mix ingredients until they are combined, as I have heard that if you over-mix this dough it will get tough.
6.Put dough in some Saran wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. When you are ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out, cut out cookies, and bake for 6-8 minutes.
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http://iambaker.net/red-velvet-sugar-cookies
I tried a few versions… adding apple cider vinegar and buttermilk and red-velvety type ingredients, but ultimately, this was the best tasting for me. I did find that if I did want to add in the apple cider vinegar that the almond extract was a must!
I also found that the ACV variation tasted best with the Cream Cheese Buttercream, but that the cookie batter alone was not as delicious.
So therefore, I am not sharing that recipe. If you want to play around with it, I added 1 tsp vinagar and 1/4 cup cocoa and subtracked 1/4 cup flour.