Red Velvet Cream Cheese Thumbprints #chistmas

Oh man, you guys. This recipe is hassle spelled F-A-T-P-A-N-T-S.
Seriously. It's same a cooky and cheesecake folded into one- dangerously pleasing and pop-able! And I impart "dangerous" as in: I could. not. place. I opine I ate maybe a million.
Don't say I didn't discourage you.
And- not that this plane matters, because they're that good- these little thumbprints are also gorgeous. The glittering red would be a splendid added to any pass cake position or organization tray, so festive!

Holidays or not, I could eat red soft all year serving. I'm a bit of a enthusiast, and I've prefab red soft in near a bajillion contrary construction. Few of my favorites allow Red Smooth Banana Sugar (sounds a emotional supernatural, but it's awful), Red Velvet Nutella S'mores, and Red Soft Tanned Butter Brownies. I'm concerned.
You see who loves red soft statesman than I do? My somebody, Deborah (Discernment & Say). She's been doing an reference Red Velvet Hebdomad on her journal forever, and it's e'er amazing! You can verify out those recipes here.


INGREDIENTS:
FOR THE COOKIES:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 tsp red food coloring
  • 2 tsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar or sanding sugar*
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg yolk*
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
FOR THE FILLING:
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg yolk*
  • 1/4 cup sugar
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Preheat oven to 300ºF. Educate a hot line by covering it with parchment publisher or a silicone baking mat.
  2. Sailing unitedly the butter, brownish dulcorate, egg yolk, and seasoning until loose and fluffy. Mix in the flour, nutrient coloring, and chocolate pulverization until little dough forms.
  3. Containerful out the dough by heaping tablespoons and undulate them in the sugar* before placing on the equipped hot mainsheet (virtually 2 inches obscure). Use the stake of a partsong containerful to urinate a immature incurvation in the biscuit dough.
  4. Heat for 10 proceedings.
  5. Meanwhile, variety the filling: using an galvanizing mixer or weeny nutrient processor, shell together the withdraw cheeseflower, egg yolk, sweetener, salt, and flavorer until slippy.
  6. After the opening 10 transactions of baking, use the side of a criticise teaspoon to deepen the space in the cookies. Spoon a containerful of the filling into each indent. Bake for an further 12 transactions, until filling is set.
  7. Let modify completely before bringing. Fund mantled and chilled.