Red Velvet Cookies

Red Velvet cookies! They look like macarons lol
Most of the recipes I found online used Red Velvet cake mix from a box but I eventually found a recipe to make them from scratch.

I've been wanting to bake red velvet for awhile, I've always liked the idea of it being red and chocolate flavoured haha.

Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling Recipe

Ingredients

For the cookies:
2 3/4 cups plain white flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
225g unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
2 tablespoons red food colouring
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup buttermilk

For the filling:
1 cup cream cheese
100g unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
a pinch of salt
4 cups icing sugar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.  Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. In a medium bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. In another bowl, beat butter at medium speed until creamy.  Gradually add sugar, beating well.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in food colouring and vanilla.
4. Add flour mixture alternatively with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.  Beat at low speed until blended after each addition.
5. Spoon the mixture onto the lined baking tray, leaving about an inch between each spoonful.
6. Bake for 15 minutes or until the tops are set.  Cool on the tray for 5 minutes before moving them to wire racks to cool completely.

To make the filling

1. Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt at medium speed until creamy.
2. Gradually add icing sugar, beating at low speed until smooth.

When the cookies are completely cool, sandwich the cookies together with the filling.

-Enjoy :)