Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2008

Show: Paula's PartyEpisode: Red Hot Party

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (31)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
12 to 15 sandwiches

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 40 min

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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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Gloria White Bear Lake, MN 02-05-2010
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Red Velvet Cookies
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Watched Paula make these and made a few adjustments and they are fabulous. Here is what I did. Drop these cookies using a... tsp of batter and bake about ten minutes. The frosting is cut too, I used one stick of butter to one 8 oz of marcasponi cheese and one cream cheese and cut the sugar too, They were to die for this way. Her ice cream scoop was ridiculous. Way too big.Read more
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Carol Porter Ranch, CA 01-24-2010
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OMG Wonderful
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Huge hit with my friends and family. I made them twice and the first time I used a small ice cream scoop and it worked. The... second time I tried to do the same but it was raining and the batter was a little more runny so I used a teaspoon. For those who are not seasoned bakers weather matters. They came out great but be mindful of the dampness in the air it will change your resultes.Read more
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Laurel Fremont , CA 01-01-2010
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a wonderful choice!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was relatively easy, and was my first time to bake from scratch. I made the mistake and read the reviews, which were... more on the negative side. Still i was super anxious to judge for my self, I love anything red velvet. Exceptional! This is a decadent dessert, very sweet but they come out just as pretty as the picture and just as i had hoped for them to taste like. Tips: go ahead and cut the frosting recipie in half i made my cookies to be about the size of quarters, (just put the batter in a zip lock sandwhich bag and cut one of the corners, squeeze out small perfect circles) the small size tends to be more appreciated due to the richness of this dessert. if you don't care as much about presentation, mix the nuts into the frosting. this makes it much easier and i think tastes better. finally, I've made this about 3 times and every time i've recieved a standing ovation. :) have fun Read more
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Jennifer Charlotte, NC 12-30-2009
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Why make 1/2 as much frosting? Just double the cookie batter!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Other reviewers' comments were right on yet again! Based on the comment from Deborah from Kentucky, I increased the flour to... 1 and 1/2 cups from 1 and 1/3 cups. In anticipation of great results, I then just doubled the cookie dough in an effort to match the frosting over-abundance forewarned by so many. I still had some icing left over, but there will be no waste as I will make some more soon. Thanks again Paula and fellow fans! They were such a new look for a classic favorite and the ratio seems perfect as a cupcake does not seem to hold enough frosting and a piece of cake seems to have too much sometimes. FYI--To experiment, I froze a few after wrapping them well and that process has proved to be successful.Read more
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Fran Los Alamosn, NM 12-22-2009
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Still love you Paula..
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

First of all I LOVE red celvet cake so I figured I would try this recipe for my Christmas platters and it didnt go as well as... I had Planned. I followed directions exactly as stated. The red velvet cookie came out flat and were very hard to get off the cookie sheet. So I salvaged what I could get off and filled them with the cream. All I could taste was butter. And I laugh because Paula is known as the butter queen yall. So I dont know what I did wrong???? I guess I will never make these again....... But I still love you Paula!!!!!Read more
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Phil Doylestown, PA 11-28-2009
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Fanastic
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Was looking for this type of recipe, found this one and it was amazing. These cookies came out perfect. The dough was easy... to work with and came out perfect, even using a drop method. I will be making them again today for another get together. Will pick up the ice cream scoop to make it more perfect. Thanks Paula !!!!!Read more