Red Velvet Marble Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling

Ingredients

• 210 g All-purpose flour
• 170 g Powdered sugar (For the dough)
• 10 g Baking powder
• 1 Vanillin (1 packet)
• 15 g Cocoa powder
• Salt (A pinch)
• 1 Egg
• 40 ml Milk
• 60 g Butter (Softened, at room temperature)
• 1 tsp Red food coloring
• 170 g Cream cheese (For the filling)
• 20 g Powdered sugar (For the filling)
• Powdered sugar (For generously coating the cookies)

Steps

1. 1

   Whisk the egg, milk, and red food coloring until smooth.

2. 2

   Sift the flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, vanillin, cocoa, and salt into the egg-and-milk mixture.

3. 3

   Add the softened butter and knead into a dough.

4. 4

   Place the dough in a bag and refrigerate for 1.5 hours.

5. 5

   For the filling, mix the cream cheese with 20 g of powdered sugar.

6. 6

   Divide the cream cheese filling into small portions and place them in the freezer for approximately 30 minutes.

7. 7

   Remove the dough from the refrigerator, shape it into a long rope, and divide it into equal portions.

8. 8

   Shape each portion of dough into a ball, then flatten it.

9. 9

   Place a portion of the chilled cream cheese filling in the center of each piece, then shape it into a ball again, completely enclosing the filling with dough.

10. 10

    Generously roll each ball in powdered sugar for coating.

11. 11

    Arrange the balls on a baking sheet.

12. 12

    Bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 15 minutes.

Notes

The source does not specify the exact amount of powdered sugar for coating or the exact yield. Since the portion size is not provided, the number of cookies and servings are approximate.

Nutrition per serving

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