Christmas-spiced red velvet crackle cookies

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26
P150 Christmas-spiced red velvet crackle cookies
P150 Christmas-spiced red velvet crackle cookies
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Kim Coverdale takes her cue from Santa’s colour scheme to create a vibrant red velvet cookie that's sure to make spirits bright.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour
  • 1 tbs cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1/4 tsp bicarb soda
  • 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
  • 125g unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 eggs, lightly whisked
  • 1 tsp red gel food colouring
  • 1 cup (120g) pure icing sugar, sifted

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Method

  • 1.
    Sift flour, cocoa, mixed spice and bicarb into a large bowl. Stir in caster sugar. Make a well and add the butter, eggs and food colouring, stirring until well combined. Chill for 30 minutes to firm up mixture.
  • 2.
    Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease 3 large baking trays and line with baking paper. Roll 1 tbs mixture into a ball, then repeat with remaining dough to make about 26 cookies. Toss balls, one at a time, in icing sugar until well coated. Place on prepared trays, 6cm apart.
  • 3.
    Pile more icing sugar on top of each ball (this will result in a thicker and more even sugar coating as the cookies spread out while baking). Bake for 16-18 minutes until cookies are just starting to firm up on top. Cool on baking trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • 4.
    Serve or store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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