Red Velvet Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tsp Cocoa powder, natural unsweetened
  • 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
  • 4 tsp Liquid food coloring, red
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 1/4 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 4 oz Cream cheese

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Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons red liquid food coloring
• 2 teaspoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup sugar
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

• To make the cookies: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Beat the butter, brown sugar, and 1 egg yolk (reserve the other yolk for the filling) in a large bowl with and electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Add the flour, food coloring, and cocoa and mix until a soft dough forms. Roll the dough into 36 balls.
• Place the egg whites in a shallow bowl and beat them lightly with a fork. Place the granulated sugar in a separate shallow bowl. Roll each dough ball in the egg whites and then in the sugar. Place the balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheets. Make an indentation in the top of each cookie with your thumb.
• To make the filling: Beat the cream cheese, sugar, the reserved egg yolk, salt, and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Removed them from the oven and use the handle of a wooden spoon to deepen the indentation (be careful not to break them.) Fill each cookie with about 1 teaspoon of the filling, then return the cookies to the oven and bake until the cookies and fillings are set, about 12 minutes more. Cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Store the cookies in the refrigerator. Allow the cookies to come to room temperature before serving.