Saturday, April 22, 2023

Gluten & Dairy Free Sugar Cookies and Cookie Icing


This is the best sugar cookie recipe I have found so far and the one we always use to make our Christmas cookies.

Cookie recipe:
Ingredients:
3/4 cup Earth Balance Butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups GF flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Directions:
Mix butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix in 1 cup flour, baking powder and salt and add to wet mix. Then add the remaining flour and mix. Cool in fridge until firm - about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out dough into floured surface and cut out into the shapes you want. Bake on cookie sheet for 5-6 minutes. More than 6 minutes and the bottoms will burn!

Christmas Cookie Icing Recipe:

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
8 cups powdered sugar (about a 2
pound bag)
1/2 cup coconut coffee creamer
Food coloring if desired

In a mixing bowl with paddle attachment, mix shortening and extracts until creamy, at least 1 minute.

Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Add cream 2-3 Tablespoons at a time alternating with the powdered sugar.  Mix until creamy. Use more or less cream to reach desired onsistency.
Divide out frosting and color if desired. I like to put the icing on piping bags with different piping tips. We made red, green black and kept some white and had plenty to decorate all the cookies.

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