Make red velvet cookies whenever you need a simple sweet that feels a little extra. These quick treats bake fast and deliver something fun without fuss.
1 ½cupsred velvet cake mixscooped and leveled (I used Duncan Hines)
1largeegg
¼cupunsalted buttersoftened
½cupHershey’s cream cheese-flavored chipsdivided
generous pinch of kosher salt1/16 teaspoon
Instructions
Preheat Air Fryer using the “Bake” function to 325°F (163°C). Set at 8 minutes per batch, making 4 batches.
In a small bowl, vigorously beat the egg.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine red velvet cake mix and salt, then mix well using a large spoon.
Add butter and beaten egg, then mix until almost completely combined without over-mixing.
Reserve some cream cheese-flavored chips as topping and fold the rest into the red velvet cake mix cookie dough.
Scoop 1 tablespoon of the red velvet cake mix cookie dough onto the parchment-lined Air Fryer tray. Do the same for the remaining cookie mixture, leaving more than an inch of space in between each scooped cookie.
Press the top of each scooped cookie and bake in the Air Fryer oven for 8 minutes per batch, adding the remaining cream cheese-flavored chips by individually pressing on top of the cookies in the last 1 minute of each batch.
If using an Air Fryer oven, slowly insert tray into the middle cooking chamber, near the rotisserie catch. If the Air Fryer uses a basket, add the scooped cookie dough as directed.
After 8 minutes, immediately remove the first batch from the Air Fryer oven and cool the red velvet cookies for 5 minutes before removing from the Air Fryer tray.
Repeat the above process for the remaining red velvet cookie dough while alternating the provided 2 Air Fryer trays.
Enjoy these Air Fryer Baked Red Velvet Cookies once they have cooled or transfer to an airtight container.
Notes
This Air Fryer recipe uses an Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven. Not all Air Fryers cook the same way. It’s best to keep watch during your initial tests after purchasing.TIPS:Do not over-mix the red velvet cake mix cookie dough. For this small batch cookie dough, a spatula was used to mix the ingredients and help avoid over-mixing, but a hand mixer over low speed works too.Press the top of each scooped cookie to ensure even cooking and to help the cookie dough spread.Pressing the scooped cookie dough on top will help the cookies spread and evenly bake in the Air Fryer. Leave it as is for a cake-like, round cookie.The cream cheese-flavored chips were added at the last 1 minute of each batch to prevent them from turning overly brown.If slightly toasted cream cheese-flavored chips are preferred, add them during the last 2 to 3 minutes of baking in the Air Fryer, but do not add them at the start of baking. The chips will turn dark brown, almost burnt, and will be very crunchy.As the Air Fryer oven heats up, the second, third, and fourth batches might only need 7 minutes of air frying.The Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven came with 2 Air Fryer trays which were alternated to bake all the batches of these red velvet cookies. The Air Fryer trays were alternately inserted into the middle cooking chamber, near the rotisserie catch.This recipe uses an Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven with a “Bake” function. If your Air Fryer does not have this function, simply use the Air Fryer as is and keep an eye on the last 3 minutes of the cookies.Makes 18 cookies using 1 level standard tablespoon or 1 tablespoon cookie scoop.