Description
Delight your guests this Halloween with these Perfect Black Velvet Cream Cheese Frosted Sugar Cookies that are not only beautiful but absolutely delicious.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour (2 ½ cups / 312 g)
- Cocoa powder
- unsweetened (⅓ cup / 35 g)
- Baking powder (1 tsp)
- Baking soda (½ tsp)
- Salt (½ tsp)
- Unsalted butter (1 cup / 226 g)
- softened
- Granulated sugar (1 ½ cups / 300 g)
- Large eggs (2)
- room temperature
- Vanilla extract (2 tsp)
- Black gel food coloring (1 tsp or as needed)
- Cream cheese (8 oz / 226 g)
- softened
- Unsalted butter (½ cup / 113 g)
- softened
- Powdered sugar (3 cups / 360 g)
- sifted
- Vanilla extract (1 tsp)
- Milk (1-2 tbsp)
- as needed for consistency
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (177°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In another bowl, cream the softened butter and granulated sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract and black gel food coloring until combined.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the edges are set but the centers are still soft. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- For the frosting, beat together the softened cream cheese and unsalted butter until smooth, then gradually add the sifted powdered sugar, mixing until creamy.
- Stir in the vanilla extract, adding milk as necessary to achieve the desired consistency.
- Frost the cooled cookies generously and enjoy your Halloween treat!
Notes
Ensure that the butter and cream cheese are at room temperature for the best results. Adjust the amount of black gel food coloring to achieve your desired shade.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 10–12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 170 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 55 mg
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