Red Hot Cookies
Red Hot Cookies are sweet, spicy, chewy, basically perfect cookies. And they're just in time for Valentine's Day or Christmas!
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 114kcal
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Red Hots candy crushed
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 whole egg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick cooking spray, line with parchment paper or use silicone baking mat and set aside.
- Place Red Hots into a plastic food storage bag and crush using a rolling pin. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together with a hand mixer (or stand mixer) until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla and egg. Scrape sides and mix again.
- Place all ingredients (excluding the powdered sugar) in a small bowl and give them a stir to combine. Add them into the bowl of wet ingredients and slowly mix until just combined. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly.
- Stir in crushed candy.
- Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes* or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte (not melty or shiny). Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Notes
*If using a darker nonstick baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
