RED VELVET SOUR CREAM COOKIES
with White Chocolate Chips
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Ingredients
3c. + 1 tbsp. All-purpose unbleached flour, sifted
1 ½ tsp. Baking powder
½ tsp. Baking soda
½ tsp. Kosher salt
¼ tsp. Ground nutmeg
1/2 c. Unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 c. Lard, at room temperature1
½ tsp. Espresso powder (or instant coffee crystals)
1+ tbsp. Red food coloring (the additional for deeper red color, as desired)
1 c. Granulated sugar, divided, the additional for sprinkling
⅓ c. Unsweetened cocoa powder (best quality available) [i]
1 ½ c (12 oz) White chocolate chips
1 Large egg
1 c. Sour cream
2 tsp. Pure vanilla extract
Preparation
• • Preheat oven to 375°F.
• • Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; set aside.
• • In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter, lard, and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• • Add the egg, espresso powder, and beat well.
• • Blend in the sour cream and food coloring.
• • Gradually add (1/2 cup at a time) dry ingredients into creamed mixture, blending well.
• • Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls (+/- 2 oz.), about 2 inches apart, on parchment lined baking sheets.
• • Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until brown around the edges, and tender but firm at the center.
• • After 3-4 minutes remove from baking sheets, and cool completely on racks.
• Make the glaze, glazing each cookie generously.
For the Glaze:
Ingredients
1(+) c. Confectioner’s sugar (a/k/a powdered or icing sugar)
1-2 tbsp. Tart cherry juice [ii]
1 tsp. Almond extract
Preparation
• In a small bowl, place the sugar, and stream in the cherry juice, whisking continuously, until it is a slightly pasty consistency.
• Whisk in the extract.
• Whisk until smooth, and easily coats a spoon completely, drying to a shell in a minute or two. Use more sugar to achieve the correct consistency.
[i]. My personal preference is Divine Cocoa, found here https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Cocoa-Powder-4-4-Ounce/dp/B00FH9VY4U
[ii] Tart cherry juice can be found in OTC pharmaceuticals/vitamins in large grocery store chains, in health food store, or online, Dynamic Health 100% Tart Cherry Juice. The real thing is a tad pricey, but once you look for recipes, you’ll find a wealth of them which – in turn – may give rise to making your own recipes!
The story of my culinary life, quite literally: Yankee boy drags native goodies into Southern tradition!
Red Velvet cake is such a Southern celebratory staple that I decided to mate it with a sour cream traditional cookie for Christmas 2020. All the marvelous ingredients - when quality - garner a tender, flavorful cookie.
The glaze is actually an icing hybrid, and the final delicious touch to these ravishing cookies! (For the December holidays, I decorate with green and red decorating sugar (Illustrated). Blue decorating sugar for Hanukkah would also provide positively a BANG! for the 4th of July!
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