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 (23)

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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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recipe Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
janice las vegas, NV 09-28-2009
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what
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I dont know how you made them, the flour is completely off, it is a runny mess, i really wanted this one to come out right,... but it isnt written right.Read more
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Meghan Brandon, FL 09-12-2009
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Wow
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These were amazing! The cookies fell apart a little bit, but no one cared. The icing is really sweet, but absolutely... delish!Read more
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alexandra pasadena, CA 09-11-2009
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Sweet!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I just finished making this recipe and overall it is pretty good and would be great to experiment with (ie. more chocolate,... different extracts/more vanilla, different frosting). I took the advice to halve the frosting recipe. For the cookie yield, half is more than enough. As for the cookie, it came out basically like a cupcake baked in cookie form: moist and soft and a little bit chewy. Of course I couldn't wait for longer than it took to cool to try one, but though it's tasty, it doesn't have much complexity of flavor, other than sweet. It might develop more flavor as the day goes on though, so I better keep checking :-) Another note on the frosting: After halving the recipe, I also cut out about 1/3 of a cup of sugar out of the 2 cups the half-recipe calls for. Again, it seemed pretty sweet and I liked the tartness of the cream cheese. I would just recommend tasting everything along the way (Clearly I don't like things very, very sweet!) The pecans add a nice, nutty, mellow flavor that balance the frosting. I think they will be popular with guests and are definitely worth a try. Read more
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kira mountain lakes, NJ 09-07-2009
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Out of this world
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Oh my. Made this tonight to bring to a party. None left and rave reviews! I used a 1 inch scoop, the cake like cookies came... out in perfect circles. I made half the icing(added a bit more vanilla and mixed in toasted pecan pieced) and still had leftovers, oh well. Placed them on a platter (ended up being about 2 dozen cookies) and sifted powdered sugar over and, following Paula's mantra, put some veggies (mint) to decorate. How pretty and yummy!!Read more
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Renee Houston, TX 08-29-2009
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scrumptious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These were not only super easy and fun to make, but also they tasted fantastic. I cut the icing recipe in half, and still had... some left, so I probably only used about a third of what was called for. I'll definitely be making them again!Read more
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sarah fort rucker, AL 08-15-2009
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GROSS!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

The only reason this got 1 star is because I had to give it one...this recipe is a BIG waste of time...it was really... gross...it makes me never want to eat red velvet cake again...Im serious if you want to waste your time and money on this one then go ahead...but there are much better recipes out there so try them instead....eck!Read more