Several red-cookie recipes were received from Pioneers, as a way of celebrating Juneteenth or Fourth of July or women’s suffrage in Texas. This recipe send by Ruby Sears celebrates the Texas emancipation order.
Makes: 20 cookies
Ingredients
· 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
· 2 tablespoons buttermilk
· 1/2 teaspoon salt
· 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
· 2 tablespoons espresso powder
· 1/4 cup coco powder
· 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
· 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
· 1 tablespoon red food coloring
· 1 large egg
· 1/4 cup granulated sugar
· 1/2 cup light brown sugar
· 4 1/3 ounces white chocolate (diced)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, salt and baking soda. Set aside. In a medium sized bowl, cream the butter and sugar using a mixer
Add the egg, buttermilk, vanilla extract, and food coloring. Mix thoroughly, scraping the sides.
Add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the medium sized bowl (food coloring mixture),. And mix thoroughly. Add half of the white chocolate.
Using a medium sized cookie scoop, place cookies scoops onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, two inches apart. Press in the rest of the white chocolate into the cookie scoops
Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven and cool on racks.