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Red Hots Cookies

The most delicious cinnamony, chewy, red hots candy cookies!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Breakfast Cookies, Coconut Oil Cookies, Red Hots Coconut Oil Cookies, Red Hots Cookie Recipe, Red Hots Cookies
Author Sunup to Sundown

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted measure in solid form
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 cups flour, of your choice we use part all purpose and part whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 box red hots candies, chopped or crushed

Instructions

  1. In a medium sized bowl, measure and melt your coconut oil and butter in the microwave. Add this melted oil and butter to your stand mixer.

  2. Add the granulated and brown sugar to the stand mixer and mix until combined. Add vanilla extract and eggs and mix until smooth.

  3. In a medium sized bowl, mix all dry ingredients together including flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cornstarch.

  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix just until combined. Fold in the red hots candy pieces.

  5. Cover and chill dough for at least 1-2 hours or overnight if possible. The longer you chill the dough, you may need to let it sit on the counter for a few minutes and let it come up to temperature before scooping.

  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll cookies into 1 1/2 tablespoon balls. We find an ice cream scoop is the perfect sized cookie dough balls. Place cookie dough balls on a sheet pan lined with parchment or silpat liner.

  7. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. We find 11 minutes is the perfect baking time in our oven. Cool cookies on a cooling rack.