RED HOTS CRINKLE COOKIES

Red Hots Crinkle Cookies image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 1

3 tablespoons Red Hots Candy, crushed ½ cups Butter, Softened 1 cup Granulated Sugar ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract 1 whole Egg ¼ teaspoons Salt ¼ teaspoons Baking Powder ⅛ teaspoons Baking Soda 1-½ cup All-purpo

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.