Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies (from scratch!)

INGREDIENTS

Egg plus, large

2 5/16 cups

All-purpose flour, organic unbleached

3 tsp

Baking powder

3/4 cup

Brown sugar, packed light

3 tbsp

Cocoa, organic raw unsweetened

1 cup

Confectioners' sugar

1 1/2 tsp

Food coloring, strong red

1 cup

Granulated sugar

1 tsp

Kosher salt

1 1/2 tbsp

Vanilla extract, pure

1/2 cup

Butter, unsalted

Philadelphia (8-ounce/226-gram) package cream cheese, such as