For this recipe you need: a medium bowl, 1 ¾ cups powdered sugar 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature 6 ounces of butter at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, milk, a small bowl, red dye, ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ¼ cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup cold butter a baking sheet and parchment paper or aluminum foil.
Step 1:
Cut butter into small cubes, no larger than ¼ inch.
Step 2:
In small bowl add the ¼ cup all-purpose flour.
Step 3:
In the same pan, add ¼ cup of brown sugar and mix them together.
Step 4:
Once the flour and brown sugar mix well, add ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Step 5:
In a cutting or stabbing motion with a butter knife or plastic spatula, break the butter into small pieces in the dry mixture a few pieces at a time. You should start seeing the butter ingredients are combined with cry in small crumbs.
Step 6:
Once most of the butter was added and most of the mixture is crumbled, add 4 drops of red food dye dispersed throughout the mixture.
Step 7:
Preheat oven to 350 ° F.
Step 8:
Cover baking sheet with parchment paper. If you do not have parchment paper in the home can use a well-oiled sheet of aluminum foil. Read More
