bake 20: red velvet crinkle cookies

it's that time of year...christmas cookie baking season!  & it just happens that i have three (!) more baking challenges ahead of me.  any guesses as to what the remainder of these bake 20 posts might be?!? :)  actually, my goal is to stay away from cookies- and while i might do one more, i have two non-cookie recipes i'm hoping to try!  also, my apologies for the awful picture.  late night photo shoots are not proving to provide the best results.  

recipe: red velvet crinkle cookies (plus it comes with a super-sweet printable!)

adjustments: since i'm not much of a baker (though thanks to this challenge, i will definitely say i've become much more comfortable with the combination of eggs, butter, & sugar) i didn't make any adjustments to this recipe. 

reviews: originally, i was planning to make these for a cookie exchange i'm attending on thursday- but i'm kinda glad i didn't.  while these are totally festive- they're definitely missing something...as unanimously agreed by all my taste testers.  next time i attempt to make these (and yes, there will be a next time), i'm going to add a bit more cocoa and possibly some dark chocolate chips.

this was #17 of the bake 20 challenge...almost there!
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over the next five months i'm going to try my hand at 20 different baked goods.  there's no specific order and no plan.  just making things that look good and hopefully in the process, finding a new appreciation of baking.  feel free to join me in the Bake 20 Challenge.