Red Velvet Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Red Velvet Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies. Just say it and you are probably seeing bows, and ribbons, and all kinds of Christmas cheer.

Anyway, these are gorgeously red…and bourbony…and yummy. If you want something unique and different for Christmas cookie exchanges this is probably high on the list.

The cookie is crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside just like a perfect chocolate chip cookie should be. It has that distinct red velvet/light cocoa flavor and then a flourish of bourbon at the finish. Sooo good.

I did not have white chocolate chips but I think that they would be better in the cookie than the chocolate because they would add that rich, slightly cream cheese flavor. That’s how I will do these next time, but they are fabulous this way too.

• 1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsps vanilla
• 2 tbs good Kentucky Bourbon
• Red gel food color (enough to make the batter really red)
• 2 cups chocolate chips (I suggest white chocolate chips)

1. Preheat the oven to 375F
2. Cover a cookie sheet with silpat or parchment
3. Mix butter and sugar until well blended
4. Add the eggs, one at a time
5. Add vanilla and red food coloring and beat
6. Combine dry ingredients and stir in
7. Fold in the chips
8. Chill the dough for about 20 minutes
9. Drop by teaspoon on a baking sheet
10. Bake for 8-10 minutes, remove from oven when slightly underdone and let cool for chewy cookies.

Recipe Source: http://www.restlesschipotle.com/2010/12/red-velvet-bourbon-chocolate-chip-cookies/