Valentines Baking - Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies and Red Velvet Cookies

Whether your all loved up with your boo or having a Galantines day these biscuits are a really easy gift or just a seasonal snack. I made two batches of biscuits; on batch was Red Velvet Chocolate Chip cookies and the second batch was Red Velvet cookies. As you will see from the pictures mine didn't turn out as red as I had hoped but they still taste great!

Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies:

190g plain flour
30g cocoa powder

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

115g butter, softened

115g brown sugar

50g caster sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 tablespoons milk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 tablespoons red food colouring

170g dark chocolate chips

1. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
2. Beat butter with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes; beat in brown sugar and caster sugar until smooth, about 1 minute. Beat egg, milk and vanilla extract into butter mixture; beat in food colouring until uniformly coloured.
3. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture gradually with electric mixer on low speed until combined; stir in chocolate chips. Cover bowl with cling film; place in the fridge for 1 hour or up to overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 180 C /Gas 4. Line baking trays with baking paper.
5. Roll dough into 5cm balls. Place on prepared baking trays, leaving some space for them to spread out as they cook; flatten slightly.

6. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle cookies with a few additional chocolate chips; allow to cool completely.

Red Velvet Cookies:

100g butter, softened

100g caster sugar

Red paste food colouring

1 medium egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

200g plain flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1. Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until creamy in texture. Beat in enough food colouring to give a good red colour.
2. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, then stir in the flour, baking powder and salt, beating until it forms a firm dough. Bring the mixture together into a ball with your hands, then wrap in cling film and chill for about an hour.

3. Preheat the oven to 170 C/ 150 C Fan/Gas Mark 5. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface until it’s the thickness of a pound coin. Using a heart shaped cutter, cut out the biscuits and place on baking sheets lined with baking parchment. Re-roll the trimmings to make more biscuits.

4. Bake the biscuits for 8 – 12 minutes until just firm to the touch. Allow to cool for 10 mins before placing on a wire rack to cool completely.

I finished them off with half dipping them in chocolate and some little pink sugar crystals.




 

Let me know if you try any of these recipes out! Tweet me pics at @lucyrickerby if you do! Hope you have a lovely Valentines! XOXO