Red velvet cut-out cookie recipe-Valentines cookies

 Now is time to give a twist to my traditional foolproof cookie recipe and make a delicious Red velvet cut-out cookie recipe, perfect to make some Valentines cookies!

Red velvet cake is one of my favorite cakes and I have to say that red velvet is kind of a new cake for me, growing up I only was familiar with plain chocolate cakes and not until we moved to the States I tried this delicious cake and I thought that it was kind of a new recipe, because it was very popular at that time when I first tried it. 

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Later I investigated the story behind this famous cake and it didn't surprise me that became popular in the 1800's during the Victorian era where many cookies, cakes and fine pastries were invented. 

That's why the phrase "Let them eat cake " comes from that era as well.  

 It is believed that cakes were invented since the 1300's, but at that time the cakes were not exactly as we know today, they normally were accompanied with dried fruits and nuts and had a harder texture and stronger flavors and not until the 1800's  was when the cooks started to use cocoa powder on their  cake recipes  and the term "Velvet Cakes" became very popular and the cooks worked hard to find the perfect velvet cake recipe and they find out that the addition of cocoa powder helps break down the coarse flour and as a result the flour was softer and the cake more velvety. 

There is information that the reddish color of a velvet chocolate cake comes from a chemical reaction between the cocoa powder and some of the ingredients of the cake batter. 

Around the late 1800's  a lot of recipes developed with cocoa  powder as the main ingredient and began to gain popularity, being chocolates one of them. And not until 1943 the red velvet cake recipe appeared on a cookbook, "The joy of cooking" by Irma Rombaeur, but there is a lot of controversy on who is the inventor to the red velvet cake  recipe; the prestigious hotel Waldorf Astoria and Addams Extract Company are some of the ones that claim the invention of this popular cake recipe. 

You can read the full article where I found some of this information: here

For a while I wanted to develop a red velvet cookie recipe and finally is here, the cookies come out so pretty that if you want you don't need to decorate them, maybe just add some powdered sugar on top and that will be a perfect easy Valentine Cookie. 

I tried to married together the cake recipe with my Foolproof cookie recipe and I love the results. Click here 

I don't like overly sweet cookies, I have learned that when the cookies are too sweet the other flavors of the recipe ingredients are over shadow, therefore I didn't add too much sugar and instead of regular sugar I used  powdered sugar  that also gives a more velvety texture to the cookie dough. 

One of my favorite parts of a red velvet cake is the  cream cheese frosting, so I incorporated this fabulous ingredient in the cookie dough. 

You can watch a video on how to make this recipe here: Video Tutorial

Here is the recipe:

Red Velvet Cut-Out Cookies  Prep time: 15 min Bake time: 10-13 min Servings: 24 pieces (3 in circle) Ingredients: *  10 tbsp unsalted butter *  4 tbsp softened cream cheese *  1 cup sifted powdered sugar *  ¼ cup buttermilk *  ½ tsp white vinegar *  1 cage free egg *  3 cups of cake flour * ¼ cup of cocoa powder *  1 ½ tsp baking powder *  ½ tsp salt Procedure Pre- heat oven at 350 ºF and lined a baking sheet with parchment paper or baking mat.  1) Start by sifting the flour with the baking powder, salt and cocoa powder in the same bowl. Set aside. 2) Sift the powdered sugar. Set aside.  3)   On a stand mixer start by creaming up the butter and the cream cheese at  low speed for 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium and start adding the powdered sugar and beat for 4-5 minutes until they are soft and fluffy.  4)  Add the buttermilk and mix for 1 minute. Add the egg, mix a little more, add the vinegar and mix for 2 more minutes until everything looks well incorporated.  5) At the lowest speed start adding the flour/cocoa mix in two additions until a ball is formed and the dough starts to come out from the sides of the bowl.  6)  Roll out the dough to your desired thickness and cover with plastic. Refrigerate 4-6 hours.   7)  Cut out the cookies, bake them and let them cool. ENJOY!