Pink Velvet Cookies

Pink Velvet Cookie

1- 1/2 cups salted butter, softened
1 -1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
1- 1/2 tsp cake batter flavoring

4- 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
pink food coloring


Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
milk, to thin, if needed

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350℉.
While the oven is preheating make the cookie dough. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Scrape the sides, add in the eggs, and cake batter flavoring. Beat until mixed.

3. Scrape the sides and add in the flour, & baking powder. Mix until thoroughly combined.

4. Add a few drops of pink food coloring at a time to the dough as you continue to mix. Mix until the color is all combined, add a few more drops of food coloring and repeat, if needed.

5. Scoop out 1/3 cup of dough and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining dough.
Roll and flatten the cookie dough by gently pressing so it is in the shape of a hockey puck. Repeat with remaining dough.

6. Use the small amount of leftover dough to create one smaller cookie. Bake it alongside the other cookies, this will be used later.

7. Arrange 6 cookies per pan. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until the centers of the cookies have puffed up and are no longer glossy.

8. While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting, by whipping the butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth.

9. Add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time.

10. Add milk a tsp at a time until you've reached your desired consistency, if needed.

11. Add the frosting to a gallon sized zip top bag, cut the corner of the bag and use it to pipe the frosting onto the warm cookies in a spiral.

12. Serve warm if desired.

from Cooking with Karli

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