Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tender, moist, and chewy red velvet cookies with chocolate chips.

My love for red velvet is a very long story. I'm in love with red velvet cake, red velvet cheesecake, red velvet brownies, red velvet everything! and now, red velvet cookies!! aren't they pretty?

This is a fast and simple recipe, the cookies taste as good as they look. These cookies make an ideal gift for Valentine's Day! Because who doesn't love red velvet?!

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Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Serves: 32 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp milk
• 2 tbsp beetroot puree or 2 tsp red food colouring (or both)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
• a pinch of salt
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Instructions

1. In a medium bowl cream butter with sugars using a hand mixer. Mix in milk,  egg, vanilla and beetroot puree or food colouring or both (depending on how red do you want your cookies to be).
2. Using a mixer, mix in baking soda, cocoa, flour, and salt. Add chocolate chips and mix. Cover dough with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour.
3. Preheat oven to 220°.
4. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
5. Roll dough balls with your hands and place onto prepared tray. Bake for 8-10 minutes. After the cookies come out of the oven, gently press them down with your fingers if they spread. Sprinkle chocolate chips to the top of each cookie, they will melt down into warm cookies. Cool completely and enjoy!

Store cookies in a sealed container in room temperature for up to 1 week.

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Shortbread Cookies

When I was little my Mum made these cookies, I used to love helping her press the dough using the cookie press! I also enjoyed choosing different shapes of the cookie press disks, two of them looked like flowers, one was a Christmas tree, another like an ornament,  and there were 2 more that I never liked!

You will need a cookie press to make these cookies. In the picture above is my Mum's cookie press that comes with a variety of disks to make various shapes, we had it when I was little so I think she bought it about 25+ years ago. Still works perfectly fine!

These cookies are very easy to make, all you have to do is mix the few ingredients very well, insert the dough into the cookie press and start making loads of the little cookies!

For the centre of the cookie, you can add whatever you like! I used M&M's and Chocolate chips... But you can also add Jelly or Jam or simply colourful sprinkles.
If you try this recipe out, let me know how that goes, don't be a stranger!

Keep in mind that once baked, cookies get a little bit bigger, so leaving about 2cm gap between them would be a good idea.

A friend of mine asked for the recipe and made some snowflake shaped cookies. I thought that was a great idea for Christmas goodies. Sadly I don't own a snowflake disk, but next time I see one I will definitely buy it.

These simple, crisp, fragile, and buttery tasting cookies are great to have with your morning coffee or afternoon tea. 

Shortbread cookies Recipe

(Serves: approx. 50 cookies)

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• M&M's or chocolate chip cookies or jam

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 220°.
2. In a bowl mix all ingredients together.
3. Take a handful of dough and roll it in the palm of your hands so it looks like a snake. Fill cookie press with dough.
4. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Press down cookie handle and dough will come out. One you have pressed enough dough lift the cookie press up and you will see the cookie.
5. Add M&M's or chocolate chips to the centre of the cookie and press it down. Or to add jam, put a little jam on the tip of the knife and put the jam in the centre of the cookie.
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies become slightly browning. Let cool for 20 minutes and enjoy!

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Persimmon Cookies Recipe

Autumn is the season for fresh Persimmons so baking Persimmon cookies is a great idea! 

You are going to love this cookie recipe because it is easy, quick, and healthy! For even healthier cookies you can always substitute sugar with some maple syrup or honey. These cookies are soft and chewy, and are great if you are baking for kids!

Persimmon Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 medium persimmons
• 1/3 cup butter (room temprature)
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl (Flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg)
3. Cut persimmons into small pieces (Make a puree using a food processor or just throw persimmons pieces in the batter).
4. In another mixing bowl mix butter with egg. Then add persimmons, mix well under blended.
5. Add dry ingredients into the mixing bowl and mix.
6. Fold crushed walnuts into batter.
7. Drop a tablespoon of batter onto a greased cookie sheet, place them about 2.5 centimetres apart from each other. 
8. Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes.
9. Melt chocolate and decorate cookies.
10. Cool for at least 20 minutes before consuming (room temperature)
11. Store in airtight container if not consumed immediately. 

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