"Snowball cookies with red velvet flavor and coated in powdered sugar! Perfect cookie for tea and coffee!"
Course cookies, Dessert
Cuisine American, southern
Keyword powdered sugar, red velvet
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Chilling 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour27 minutesminutes
Servings 30cookies
Calories
Ingredients
½cupunsalted butter, room temperature
½cupbutter-flavored shortening
1egg, room temperature
3tablespoonsbuttermilk
½teaspoondistilled white vinegar
2teaspoonsred food coloring
2¼cupsall-purpose flour
¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
¼teaspoonsalt
1cuppowdered sugar
COATING
¼cupunsalted butter, melted
1½cupspowdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
In a large bowl, cream together butter and shortening, until combined.
At low speed, mix in the egg, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring until combined. (mixture will look a bit odd) Set aside.
In another large bowl, whisk together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt, and powdered sugar.
Gradually combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. (I like to use a hand mixer to start and then use a rubber spatula to combine the rest once the mixture become more dough-like)
Cover and chill the dough for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
Using a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out the dough. (work quickly so that the dough is super cold going into the oven to prevent spreading)
Place the balls 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let the cookies rest on the pan for 2 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the coating by melting the butter in a medium bowl and placing the powdered sugar into another bowl.
Carefully dip the warm cookie into the melted butter. Shake off any excess then immediately coat the cookie in powdered sugar, shaking off excess. Place cookie on a cooling rack to cool completely.
Once cooled, toss cookies once more in the powdered sugar. Store cookies layered between parchment paper in an airtight container.