I was looking for red velvet-themed baking recipes to make. I found enough to keep me baking every day for the rest of my life but there was something about this one that caught me eye. Red velvet is my fav flavour on the rare occasion that I indulge in sweet treats so I knew I had to make these.
This recipe from Cooking Classy was titled red velvet Oreos, but I switched her filling recipe for a cream cheese one as I think cream cheese *anything* is the icing on the cake, as it were. Here is the original recipe www.cookingclassy.com/2014/11/red-velvet-oreos/
(I reduced the sugar).
As you would be aware there’s about a gazillion cream cheese icing recipes online. I used this one from taste.com.au and it was perfect:
60g cream cheese, softened
30g butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup icing sugar mixture
GATHER:
1 ½ cups plain flour
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
Just over ½ cup of sugar
1 egg
115grams butter, softened, diced
1 tablespoon red gel colouring – don’t use cheap liquid colouring as it will taste bad and won’t give you the colour you want
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 180C and line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
In a bowl sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda.
In bowl of electric mixer mix butter and sugar until pale, scrape down sides then add egg and gel colouring.
Turn mixer to low then fold in the flour mixture and beat until combined.
Make balls slightly bigger than a walnut and use the bottom of a drinking glass to gently flatten.
Bake for 8 minutes, cool on tray for five minutes, then transfer to cooling racks and allow to completely cool.
When cold sandwich together with the cream cheese icing, like my little assistant baker Miss9 is doing here. She loves piping 🙂
Icing:
In bowl of electric mixer beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until pale, then gradually add icing sugar, beating until thoroughy mixed.
Spread on one side of cookie then sandwich together with another.
Just a question what color would you say is cheap .?Can you give me an idea. Please?
The liquid colouring won’t give you a true red colour but will give your cookies a nasty, synthetic taste. Gel colourings cost more but you don’t use as much. Hope this helps.
Thank you it does 😉 (Think of smiling faces and share it’ my saying for you)
Yumm! Luk at that filling oozing out!
how good is gooey filling?!
Love the reduction in sugar, that means I can have two!
I like the way you think 😉
Yummy! That looks great!
Thanks – they were a hit with the family !
Haha I bet they were! 🙂
Look so good… Will definitely try this!
hey, thanks! You’ll be glad you did.
I LOVE anything red velvet and these look great!
Same – am such a sucker for it. Red is my fav colour so that may explain it 🙂
Cream cheese icing is good on so many things, isn’t it? These sound crazy good.
I really love it – the tang, the creaminess. Yum!
Love red velvet anything, they look delicious!! 🙂
Snap – probably coz red is my fav colour 🙂
Great minds think alike! I love red velvet and anything labelled cream cheese icing is always good! This recipe sounds delicious
You, my dear, have excellent taste 🙂 Thanks for the twitter shout-out.
Your welcome! Greatness like this needs to be shared!
Red velvet cake is very popular in the Southern United States, but I’ve never heard of red velvet cookies. They look delicious!
Red velvet is slowly making its way across Australia but I’ve really only seen cupcakes so I think the more red velvet there is, the better!
I agree! 🙂
I love red velvet too! We had it for our wedding cake we liked it so much! 😀
ooooh, I wish I had it for my wedding cake! #IfICouldTurnBackTime
Look delicious,thanks for sharing recipe
Thanks for the sweet words 🙂
Oh yum & so pretty too!
Cheers Cindy x
Um, yes. I can see why you flipped over them. Red Velvet recipes–what a lovely quest 🙂
red velevet and cream cheese are match made in heaven!
Amen sister! Couldn’t agree more 🙂
These look so scrumptious! Think I’d prefer it this way than cupcakes 🙂
thanks! That’s quite a compliment 🙂
I saw this on your blog and started thinking of Valentine’s Day! The new boyfriend isn’t much into sweets, but he’s a sucker for red velvet cake provided it’s more chocolatey than buttery. 🙂
Valentines Day! You’re quite the forward thinker 🙂 We still have Australia Day to deal with before I can think about VDay! But new boyf – how fun!
Yummmm! Your red velvet cookies look scrumptious! And, I love how they’re oozing with cream cheese frosting. 😉
thanks Tiffany! Cream cheese for the win 🙂
These soothe my American heart. They look like Whoopie Pies (the state dessert in Maine where I’m from) and they’re called Oreos, (what every American woman eats a packet of during her period some time in her life) and they’re red velvet from the South where I lived for many years. It’s like a trip back home as I look out into my Australian summer. 🙂
Always love the colour of anything red velvet flavour. These look wonderful.
That deliciously bright red is calling me, I need these cookies. Now. 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Yum,Yum Yummm! 😀😀😀
awwww, what a lovely surprise! Thanks so much for your kindness x