Red Wine Cookies

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 18
Yield: 18 servings

Description

Skip the red food coloring and use red wine in these red velvet cake-inspired cookies. Add a drizzle of white chocolate ganache to the cooled cookies for extra flair.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup red Zinfandel wine, or more as needed
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2 Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla extract; beat until combined. Add red wine; beat until fully incorporated. Stir flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into butter mixture until moistened. Scoop into small mounds on a baking sheet.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until edges are crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.