Lazy Red Velvet Cookies

🍪 Red Velvet Cookies

Recipe is adapted from Azlina Ina

1 cup butter >> 1/2 cup (115gm) butter, 1/2 cup (95gm) shortening

2 tbsp (30gm) ghee (I was wondering if need to remove this?)

2 cups brown sugar >> a bit too sweet. 1 1/2 cup. 3/4 cup (150gm) castor sugar. ¼ cup (50gm) muscovado sugar.

+50gm cream cheese

1 egg yolk >> 1 whole egg

A dash of vanilla essence >> 1 tsp (5gm) vanilla essence

2 tsp red colouring Imauco, 1/2 tsp Star cochineal

4 tsp red colouring

2 tsp orange colouring

2 tsp vinegar (added after creaming)

2 tsp baking powder >> 1/2 tsp double action baking powder (so as not to soften the cookie)

1 tsp baking soda (for effervescent)

4 tbsp (25gm) cocoa powder >> 50gm cocoa powder

2 tbsp rice flour

4 tbsp corn starch >> 1/2 cup (60gm)

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour >> 2 1/2 cups (300gm) all purpose flour. Dough felt stiffer than normal choc chip cookie? Perhaps to reduce flour content?

+2 tbsp (30gm) malted milk horlicks

+1 tsp emplex (2gm)

Chocolate chip >> 150gm white chocolate.

Almond >> 25gm almond nibs (if not, flakes)

Bake in 170°C for 30 minutes. (Too high & too long? Perhaps to do a test batch.