This red velvet cookie is beautiful and tastes even better than they look. My family and friends are obsessed with them. I love baking these around the holiday because of the deep red color, which screams Christmas, plus it only requires five simple ingredients.
What you’ll need:
-Red velvet cake mix: I used Duncan Hines’s (15.25 oz) perfectly moist red velvet cake mix for this recipe. Super affordable, $1.49-$2.99.
-Egg: excellent source of moisture in cookie dough. They promote height, puffiness, and spreading in cookies.
-Butter: It’s the holidays, and I love using butter to bring incredible flavor to these cookies.
-White chocolate chips: this is optional but highly recommended. Red velvet cakes typically have cream frosting and adding these intensifies the cookies even more.
-Macadamia nuts: chopped macadamia nuts are also optional, but if you are somebody like me who loves crunch in their food, this is the perfect addition to upgrade these cookies.
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How to make the cookies:
-I love adding the butter to the stand mixer first vs. melting the butter.
-Add the chocolate chips, red velvet cake mix, and egg.
-When everything is all well incorporated, I add the macadamia nuts.
-I love even-sized cookies, so I weigh each dough at about 52 to 54g (you can make them smaller if you’d like).
-Preheat the oven to 350F.
-You can place each cookie dough in a muffin top cookie tray (need one? BUY ONE HERE). or add them on a baking sheet with parchment paper, leaving room for them to expand. Place them 2-3 inches apart.
-Bake for about 13-16 minutes (depending on how big the cookies are, mine cooked at about 15 minutes).
Red Velvet White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 3/4 cup White chocolate chips
- 3 oz Chopped macadamia nuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, add the butter and mix until the butter turns into cream (about 2 minutes)
- Add white chocolate chips, cake mix, and egg. Mix to a thick batter and add the macadamia nuts.
- Spoon 52g to 54g of batter, roughly roll each dough (not to a perfect ball), and place each cookie dough on a muffin-top cookie tray. Or on a baking tray with parchment paper, leaving 3 inches between cookies.
- Bake for 13-16 minutes until cookies.
- Let it cool and enjoy