At a recent show, my daughter in law bought some crinkle cookies and I, in my old age had completely forgotten about crinkle cookies! Oh they were so good, my memory just went back to my childhood! I remember one of the nuns at CCD made these often, and I loved it. See, I KNEW before my life ended I would find something nice to say about Sister Michaeline. My mom would be so proud. Anyway, I found an old recipe and wanted to make it a bit more festive and into a "Red Velvet" sort of cookie . I mean, Santa's suit IS red velvet, and it would only be fitting to leave a red and white cookie out for him to eat on his travels, right? This would be an awesome one to make for my "NO BROWN" cookie trays! I have discussed my disdain for brown cookie only cookie trays, in case you are new. You know the ones, right? Someone delivers them and they all look like they could be dried up poo, but nobody wants to try one to make sure. You know it now......
One more thing. I can tell you this dough can be refrigerated for days. Don't ask me how know. Ok, do. I mixed up the dough on Monday evening. Maybe it was Tuesday. Crap. Anyway it is Friday and I just baked them off. SO, keep that in mind if you are doing weekend baking, mix up one kind of cookie every night and have the dough all ready! This one will stand up for sure!
When you roll these out, make sure to pop the dough into the fridge between batches. It gets a bit messy when it warms up but isn't impossible. They are so worth it!
1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
1/2 cup oil
6 T cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 eggs
1/4 cup milk
red food coloring (gel or paste)
2 cups flour
PINCH of salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup powdered sugar
In a bowl combine flour, salt, and baking powder together, set aside. In a large bowl combine the sugar, oil, cocoa powder, vanilla and eggs. Mix until combined well. Add in milk and continue to mix. Carefully add in the flour mixture and mix until it is completely combined and smooth. Now, add in your food coloring, you can add a bunch at once or go little by little until you reach the read you like but I can assure you, it will take quite a bit! Once you get there, cover your cookie dough and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Place your powdered sugar in a bowl. Roll your dough into about 1 inch balls, and roll in the powdered sugar and place on to a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for approx 10 minutes and let cool on the cookie sheet 2-3 minutes before removing. Remove to cooling rack and carry on with the rest!
ENJOY!
PS My dough doesn't look very red. Ugh.......it was!
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