Red Velvet Cookies

Red Velvet Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. red gel paste food coloring
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 12-oz pkg semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
2. Using electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter and sugars until combined. Add egg, food coloring and vanilla and mix until just combined.
3. Reduce mixer speed to low and add flour mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
4. Scoop heaping spoonfuls of dough onto prepared sheets, spacing 1½ inches apart.
5. Bake cookies, rotating positions of pans on racks halfway through, until darker around edges, 9 to 12 minutes total. 
6. Let cool 5 minutes on pans, then slide parchment (and cookies) onto wire rack and let cool at least 5 minutes more before serving.