Super easy, super soft Red Velvet Cookies. Made from scratch and the perfect quick cookie to make when you have a red velvet craving!
Admittedly, I don’t have that big of a sweet tooth. For desserts, give me a cheese plate over anything sweet or chocolaty. With that said, when I do want something sweet, I really want it. And since we have a rule in our house that if we want something sweet we have to make it ourselves, when I have the rare sweet tooth craving, it has to be easy.
Which is exactly what these cookies are. Aside from a little chilling time, these guys are not only easy, but also fast. It’s a pretty standard cookie dough with a cream of some butter and sugars,
and then the addition of the mixed dry ingredients. 
Once it’s all mixed together into a soft but sticky dough, it’s chilled for at least an hour, but can also be chilled for up to 4 days if you’re some super human who can keep raw cookie dough in your fridge for 4 days without eating it or baking it.
Then whenever you’re ready, just shape the dough out into little balls onto parchment paper lined baking sheets. 
Baked for 10-11 minutes and you’re done. So stinkin’ easy.
I love a super soft, moist, deliciously red velvety cookie that’s uber easy.
These little guys were the perfect treat for us to celebrate finding out our little one on the way is going to be all things sugar and spice and everything nice! 😉
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- 1 1/2 + 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter - softened
- 3/4 cup of packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg - room temperature
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract*
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of red food coloring
- Mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
- In the bowl of stand mixer (or in a large bowl with a hand held mixer), use the paddle attachment and beat the butter on high until creamy. Scrape down the sides as needed. On medium speed, beat in the sugars until combined. Then add the egg, milk, and vanilla extract and and continue to beat until combined. Scrape down sides as needed. Once combined, add food coloring and mix again.
- Turn off mixer and add the dry ingredients. Mix on low until a soft dough forms. The dough will be very sticky.
- Cover the dough tightly with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour or up to 4-5 days. You must chill the dough.
- When ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. If you've chilled the dough longer than 1 day, let dough sit at room temperature for 45 minutes before baking.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper and scoop out 1.5 tablespoons of dough. Shape into a ball and place on baking sheet, approximately 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes. Cookies may not spread much, so while they are still warm, lightly press down on them to create crinkles in the top.
- Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days. Otherwise, store them in freezer for up to 2 months. Enjoy!
- * Make your own Vanilla Extract from scratch! http://www.servedfromscratch.com/vanilla-extract-from-scratch/
So my favorite sweet in the entire world is Red Velvet Cake! So how in the heck have I never made Red Velvet cookies? Gees, I need to remedy this! I love how organized your kitchen is, with everything so clearly marked…. (Someday maybe I’ll be that organized! )
Thanks, Michele! I have a uber tiny kitchen so the organization is a must otherwise I’d go insane! And yes, you need to stop depriving yourself from red velvet cookies! 😉
These sound like a great excuse to make another batch of cream cheese frosting. Yum!
Oooh cream cheese frosting – YES!
Ooo nom nom – these cookies look really good. I’m a cookie monster myself, no cookie recipe is left unbaked by me 😉 And you’re right – it’s humanly impossible to not eat or bake the dough by 4 days – to be fair I’d say 2 lol 😉
Right? Anyone who can definitely has super human powers! 😉
Aww congrats on the reveal! My dad always said girls are the best…but then again he had 3!
hahaha! Thanks so much!
Well…well… well. Congratulations on finding out the news about your little bundle of joy. That must have been really exciting and I can’t think of a better to celebrate than with these divinely feminine little cookies.
Thank you so much, Lynn!
What yummy cookies (and an adorable dog)! Congrats on your baby news!
You and I are soooo similar when it comes to sweets. When I was a child I would always want a second or third helping of dinner for dessert, while everyone else ate ice cream! I just never had a sweet tooth. But the rare times I do have a sweet tooth, I REALLY want it!! Like….I HAVE to have it! lol. I’m loving this recipe 🙂
What a beautiful dough! I love, love, LOVE red velvet and these look awesome — thanks for sharing!!
These cookies look delicious! How can you go wrong with a red velvet cookie?
What a great cookie. I love the crinkles on top and the centers look so soft and delicious! Such a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day!
I love how easy these are to make
I love how simple and chewy these are! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thanks, Shandi!
I love red velvet everything so these look so good. I will have to give them a try…and if people are lucky I might even share LOL.
Haha! I made them thinking we would share too… didn’t happen. Oops! 😉
Congratulations on the reveal! Red velvet cookies are the best 🙂 Was trying to figure out something yum and easy to bake for tomorrow and now I know what I am making! Thanks for sharing it
Thanks so much! 😀
i have a very big sweet tooth, we can definitely exchange our savory treats with sweet.
Deal!