Red Velvet Snowflake Cookies
Description
Made with red velvet cake mix, these festive cut-out cookies are shaped and decorated like snowflakes, making them perfect for your holiday table or for a Christmas cookie swap.
Ingredients
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1 (15 1/4 ounce) package red velvet cake mix
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1 cup cake flour
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1 cup unsalted butter, melted
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2 large eggs
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2 tablespoons evaporated milk
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2 drops red food coloring
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white decorator icing as needed
Directions
1
Combine cake mix, cake flour, melted butter, eggs, evaporated milk, and food coloring in a large bowl. Mix with an electric mixer on slow speed until fully combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, but best if overnight. The longer the dough sits, the easier it is to roll out and cut.
2
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
3
Roll dough on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper to a thickness of 1/8 or 1/16 inch. Cut cookies with a snowflake-shaped cookie cutter and place on the prepared cookie sheet. Dust off any flour from the top of the cookies with a brush or paper towel.
4
Bake in the preheated oven for 6 to 7 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely, 25 to 30 minutes more.
5
Decorate fully cooled cookies as desired with icing.