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Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 large egg yolk, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon red paste food coloring; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons baking cocoa; 1/2 cup coarse sugar; FILLING:; 4 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 large egg white, room temperature; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

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Total Time

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 20 min./batch + cooling

Makes

2 dozen

Updated: Feb. 15, 2022

These festive sugar-coated red velvet cookies are perfect for Christmas. They're just as delicious as they are beautiful. —Colleen Delawder, Herndon, Virginia

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Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon red paste food coloring
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/2 cup coarse sugar
FILLING:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg white, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and food coloring. In another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Roll into 1-in. balls; roll in coarse sugar. Place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the back of a 1/2-teaspoon measuring spoon.
Bake 10 minutes. Meanwhile, for filling, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg white, vanilla and salt until blended. Reshape indentations in par-baked cookies as needed. Add 1 teaspoon filling to each cookie. Bake until filling is set, 10-12 minutes longer. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 166 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 33mg cholesterol, 39mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies

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