Red Velvet Snowflake Cookies
A festive holiday cookie to share family and friends. Fun to make with kids and you can decorate it any way you like.
Ingredients
Red Velvet Snowflake Cookies
Royal Icing
Instructions
  1. Mix flour, cocoa powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. This is the dry mixture.
  2. In a stand mixer bowl, mix butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and food coloring until light and fluffy.
  3. Gradually add the dry mixture to the butter mixture until evenly mixed.
  4. Divide the batter into 3 pieces and individually wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Test if the dough is hardened.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  6. Roll out the cookie dough on lightly floured surface and cut with the snowflake cookie cutter.
  7. Bake for 10 minutes. Leave on baking sheet for 5 minutes then let it cool on wire rack. Cool before icing the cookie.
Royal Icing
  1. In a stand mixer bowl, combine all the ingredients together and beat for 5 minutes.
  2. If you need to add water, add a little bit a time until you get the right consistency.
  3. Put in a piping bag that has a #3 piping tip and gently pipe the cookies.
Recipe Notes

Adapted from : McCormick and Sally’s Baking Addiction