Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies

Name: Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies
Yield: Makes 12 cookies
Ingredients: ½ cup (2 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 4 ounces, cream cheese, softened; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; Pinch , table salt; ⅛ teaspoon, vanilla extract; 2⅔ cups (13⅓ ounces), all-purpose flour; ⅔ cup (3⅔ ounces), whole-wheat flour; 1 tablespoon, unsweetened cocoa powder; 1¼ teaspoons, table salt; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 cup packed (7 ounces), light brown sugar; ½ cup (3½ ounces), granulated sugar; 2 , large eggs; 1½ teaspoons, grated lemon zest; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon, red food coloring; 1 cup (6 ounces), white chocolate chips; ½ cup, finely chopped pecans

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2023

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

We explore the deep Texas roots of this unique take on the beloved red velvet cake.

SERVESMakes 12 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 4 hours chilling and cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This recipe is inspired by the stuffed cookies that Editor in Chief Toni Tipton-Martin received as a gift from baker and chef Adrian Lipscombe. We adapted Adrian's bakery-shop recipe for the home cook. To ensure a neat, sturdy stuffed cooki...

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