Description
Red White and Blue Cookies that are festive and delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- red and blue food coloring
- golden star sprinkles, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter and both sugars together for 2 minutes on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add in the egg, vanilla, salt, and baking soda and continue mixing for 1 minute until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour, mixing until just incorporated.
- Stir in the chocolate chips evenly.
- Divide the cookie dough into 3 equal portions. Using the food coloring, color one portion of the dough red, and the other blue, leaving one uncolored.
- Roll each dough into approximately a 15-inch rope. Place the three next to each other on a large piece of cling wrap. Wrap the cling wrap up tightly, pressing the doughs together forming a large log. Remove the cling wrap and breaking off the dough with your hands into approximately 2-tablespoon portions. Roll the dough into a loose ball and place it onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 9 minutes or until the edges are set. Don’t over bake these!!
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3-4 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- If desired sprinkle with star sprinkles, pressing them gently into the warm cookie.
Notes
I prefer using red food color gel instead of liquid. It produces a more vibrant red color, and you won’t need to use as much.
*Be careful to not over bake these. There is a slightly larger amount of flour in these to ensure thickness, but if you bake them too long, they will get very firm. The cookies might even seem under-baked when you remove them from the oven. This is fine.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 179
- Sugar: 14.7 g
- Sodium: 105 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Carbohydrates: 23.5 g
- Protein: 2.4 g
- Cholesterol: 23.9 mg