Green Velvet Cream Cheese Cookies
These cookies use a soft, cake-like dough colored green and filled with a sweet cream cheese center. They are simple to make and visually appealing for holiday gatherings.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls
- Electric mixer
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 240 g all-purpose flour
- 30 g cocoa powder
- 5 g baking soda
- 2 g salt
- 150 g sugar
- 120 g unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 10 ml vanilla extract
- to desired color Green food coloring
For the Cream Cheese Filling
- 170 g cream cheese, softened
- 60 g icing sugar
- 5 ml vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in one bowl. Set this dry mixture aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar in a separate bowl until the mixture is light and creamy.
- Add the egg, vanilla extract, and green food coloring to the butter mixture. Mix until smooth.
- Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.
- Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes to help it firm up.
- While the dough chills, mix the cream cheese, icing sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth. Chill this filling.
- Preheat your oven to 175°C. Line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Scoop the cookie dough, flatten it slightly, place a small spoonful of the cream cheese filling in the center, and gently seal it with more dough.
- Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are set.
- Let the cookies cool on the tray for 5 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Baking with color makes everything feel more joyful before the first bite.
By Grace Williams, Contributor at Recipes by Betty.