Cookie Exchange Week 5....

Welcome to week 5 of the cookie exchange. Thank you to everyone who has participated, it has been lots of fun. This has a been one of those crazy weeks here! I had to attend 2 conferences and we had school open house. The days just go by too fast and there is never enough time to get everything done!

So for this weeks cookie exchange I am posting a recipe that I posted over a year ago. I also think that we might take a break from the cookie exchange for a while....bring it back again closer to Christmas...any thoughts?  I didn't break this news to Lil Tony yet!

Red Velvet cake is my absolute favorite cake in the world! Making red velvet cookies is like icing on the cake! They are delicious and just the right size! 

Red Velvet Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 Tbsp red liquid food coloring

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup buttermilk

2 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt
Cream Cheese Frosting
Sprinkles (I used red)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beat until well blended. Beat in red food coloring and vanilla.

Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to above mix, alternately with buttermilk. Beat at a low speed until blended.

Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 3" apart onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until tops are set. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely
 

 
After cookie is cool frost each cookie with cream cheese icing and add sprinkles. ( I know I cheated on the icing!)
 
 

Enjoy!!