Red Velvet Cocoa Cookies

Instructions

1. Sift together the all purpose flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa powder and keep them ready.
2. With the help of a stand mixer or a hand cake blender, mix both the sugar and the butter in a large bowl. Beat together till light and creamy.
3. Next add in the egg, vanilla extract and red food colour. Beat and blend well together.
4. Slowly by parts add the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder mix to the already beaten wet ingredients. Beat together till a cookie dough is formed.
5. Add in the chocolate chips and beat till they are well distributed in the dough.
6. Divide the dough into 12 equal portions and shape them into smooth round balls with the help of your palms. Chill the red velvet cookie balls in the refrigerator for an hour.
7. While you are chilling the cookie dough balls, Pre-heat the oven to a 180 °C or a 350°F . Keep your baking tray ready by lining it with a parchment paper or wax/butter paper.
8. Take out the cookies from the refrigerator and place no more than 4 at a time on the baking tray and bake them for about 10 – 12 mins. Keep an eye on the oven while baking, as some of the ovens are work more stronger than the others. I didn’t flatten the cookies as they get flattened out enough during baking. However if you are fond of flat cookies, you may flatten them a bit before baking.
9. Once baked allow them to cool for 30 mins as they continue to cook even while cooling.