10 Days of Cookies: Red Velvet Crinkle Cookie

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/3 teaspoon salt

• 3/4 cup Zeal Creamery Butter (softened)

• 1 1/2 cups sugar

• 3 large eggs

• 2 tablespoons Zeal Creamery Whole Milk

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1 cup chocolate chips

• 1 cup confectioner's sugar

• 1 red food coloring (use enough to get a deep, dark, red color)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with a silicone baking mat or with parchment paper. 

2. Using a stand mixer, beat together the Zeal butter and sugar until the mixture turns a pale yellow color and becomes light and fluffy.  

3. Add the eggs, Zeal Milk milk, vanilla, and food coloring. Mix until very well incorporated.

4. In a separate mixing bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the sifted ingredients to the wet ingredients, and with the mixer on the lowest speed, allow the mixture to just combine. Do not over mix!

5. Remove the bowl from the mixer, scrape down the paddle, and with a wooden spoon or spatula, mix in the chocolate chips.

6. Place the confectioner’s sugar in a wide, shallow bowl. You’ll need room to roll the cookie dough around once you’ve formed them into balls.

7. Using a small cookie scoop, so that each ball is even in size, scoop up the cookie dough, roll into a uniform ball, and roll the ball into the confectioner’s sugar to completely coat.

8. Place the sugar coated ball on the cookie sheet and bake the cookie for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer the cookie to a cooling rack to cool.