Comments on: Red Velvet Pan-Banging Cookies

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:20:36 +0000

These came out flat and gooey and tasted bland. I think the commenter who mentioned baking powder vs. baking soda is correct. Didn’t try the frosting as the cookies are inedible.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:37:20 +0000

I’m not really the type of person to leave recipe reviews, but I have a couple thoughts on this one. The icing makes the cookies soggy if they sit so you really should only make these if you’re planning to eat them that day. Also only icing half of what is an enormously sized cookie makes it so that 1/2 of the cookie is less enjoyable so I would say to make these very small maybe two bite cookies if you’re only going to ice half of them. These do not keep well at all and become very grainy And honestly, they did not really taste that good even fresh. This is probably the only cookie I’ve ever thrown away about a third of the batch because I just wasn’t excited to eat them. In my opinion. Bake goods really need to be worthy of the time and calories and this just did not take those boxes for me. I would like to add that I discovered this recipe via a Pinterest post that had this included among a bunch of cookies for a cookie box which I don’t think was made by the recipe author reading over the other comments. It seems like a lot of people were hoping to include these in a cookie box and they would be completely unsuitable for that due to the fact that the icing is very wet and falls off the cookies and they get soggy and would just make a mess of your box. The pan banging technique is interesting and the cookies did have a nice chewiness if eaten right away.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:19:56 +0000

My cookie dough came out brown. I used 1 tablespoon red food gel & 2 tbs cocoa powder like the recipe said. ??

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:33:14 +0000

Absolutely fantastic! I wanted to get a jump start on my holiday cookie box & tried these out, what a fabulous cookie! Followed recipe exactly. I didn’t do the icing, to be honest the cookie is great wo it& i am exhausted from baking all weekend. I could see where the icing would be beautiful for the holidays though. Thanku for a great recipe!

By: Cassie M

Cassie M — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:19:44 +0000

Hi!! I was getting ready to make these and noticed the recipe calls for baking soda with Dutch-process cocoa powder. I’ve always heard you’re supposed to use baking powder with Dutch-process cocoa and not baking soda because the cocoa is not acidic and will not react to soda. Is this intentional because of the pan banging? Just curious. Thank you!

By: Catherine S

Catherine S — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:15:16 +0000

I made these last week to share with friends so I made them smaller. They were a big hot – even though the icing wasn’t fully set. Love the color. I was hoping they would be more chewy than they were, but still delicious. For the icing, I started with the minimum amount of icing sugar but the color wasn’t white so I added icing sugar to get the full amount in the recipe and that made the icing white.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:36:01 +0000

Fantastic! A fabulous addition to this year’s cookie boxes

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:03:17 +0000

Fine salt – kosher or sea? Presuming fine kosher salt. Just want to confirm before I quadruple this batch. Thanks!

By: C

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:34:41 +0000

Wanted to love these but the icing ruined them, mine never set up even after multiple hours on the counter, they were so gooey and inedible. Bummed as they were going to be a nice addition to holiday boxes.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:32:01 +0000

These came out beautifully…I made mine much smaller for cookie boxes but the pan banging still made a lovely texture. The cookies are beautiful and will definitely be on my must haves for Christmas cookies from here on out! Thank you.