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Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 pound cream cheese, softened
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans, optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time. Then beat in the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla and red food coloring. Once combined, add the dry ingredients to wet. Mix until thoroughly combined.
Onto a parchment lined sheet tray, drop batter using an ice cream scoop, forming 2-inch round circles.
Bake for 10 minutes, until baked through. Cookies should be cake-like and light. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.
Spread the cream cheese frosting between 2 cooled cookies and roll the edges in finely chopped pecans, if desired.
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By maebea
on May 15, 2012
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They turned out AWSOME!!! but I changed it around a bit, I wanted an easier recipe I used a red velvet cake mix, i omitted the flour,salt,soda,baking powder. I added everything else, instead of the apple cider vingar I used sugar cane vingar. I used a cookie scoop to make my cookies just the right size. the first batch I rolled them in the pecans like it said but now i like to add the pecans to the frosting. I did find that you could make any flavor cake mix you want and they turn out great. choclate with mint frosting is very good. I am going to try the butter pecan cake mix next. I cut the frosting recipe in half and used the cookie scoop to fill them with the frosting just the right amount.
By p_weathers_360220
Boise, ID
on April 25, 2012
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Like all of the other reviewers, we agree that the frosting is a too much, and b tastes awesome. It is rich, creamy, but not too sweet.
However, we were not so successful with the cookie part of the recipe. I used an ice cream scoop as recommended, but the cookies were far too large. The cookies didn't cook properly, and were thinner than those in the picture that appeared to be thicker and cake like.
By popojejo
Gilbert, AZ
on March 17, 2012
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I love this recipe, so easy and yummy! I made them for a St. Patrick's Day party and used green food coloring and rolled them in shamrock shaped sprinkles. Very cute!
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