Red Hot Cookies Recipes

IMPERIAL CINNAMON RED HOT® COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the egg until completely incorporated.
• Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until combined. Fold in cinnamon chips and cinnamon candies, mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 8 to 11 minutes. Cool on the pans for 2 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

RED HOT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick cooking spray, line with parchment paper or use silicone baking mat and set aside.
• Place Red Hots into a plastic food storage bag and crush using a rolling pin. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla and egg. Scrape sides and mix again.
• Stir all dry ingredients together in a small bowl and then in pour into mixer and slowly mix until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly.
• Stir in crushed candy. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
• *If using a non stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.

RED HOT CINNAMON SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 300 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, cayenne and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg, cinnamon extract and food coloring until smooth. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the flour mixture until combined.
• Fill a cookie press with the dough according to the manufacturers' instructions. Press cookies 1 inch apart onto 2 unlined baking sheets. Lightly press silver dragées into each.
• Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are firm to the touch, 25 to 30 minutes. Loosen the cookies immediately with a thin spatula and transfer to a rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.

RED HOT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients.
• Roll dough out on lightly floured surface. Cut into heart shapes and place on ungreased baking sheets. Dot cookies with red hot candies.
• Bake until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing to cooling racks.