Here are some other gluten free holiday cookies you could try:
- Gluten Free | Vegan Thumprint Cookies
- Paleo | Vegan Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
- Gluten Free | Vegan Samoas
- Dark Chocolate Truffle Cookies
Gluten Free Sugar Cookies Recipe:
Gluten Free Vegan Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1 cup butter slightly softened (like Soy Free Earth Balance "butter" sticks, or grass-fed butter, may use half palm shortening
- 3/4 cup organic sugar I use part stevia to replace some of the sugar
- 1/4 cup applesauce or 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract you can also use almond, maple or any other flavor
Dry:
- 3/4 cup tapioca starch or any starch, plus additional for rolling if necessary
- 1/2 cup sorghum flour
- 1/2 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup rice flour or sweet rice, or cassava
- 1 teaspoon guar gum or xantham gum
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Frosting:
- 1 tablespoon butter or vegan butter
- 1 cup organic powdered sugar see my corn free powdered sugar post for options
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon non-dairy milk 1 teaspoon at a time, it thins quickly
Instructions
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In a larger bowl, cream the butter and sugar until creamy and mixed. Scrape down sides if necessary.
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Add the applesauce (or egg), vanilla and lemon extracts and beat until everything is combined.
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With the mixer running, add in your dry ingredients. Start with the sea salt, baking powder, and guar gum first, then follow with the flours. Blend well to form a stiff dough.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Divide the dough into two equal balls. Wrap one and put it in the fridge while you work with the first half. Dust your surface with any flour, and dust your 1st ball of dough.
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Roll out to desired thickness, I do about 1/4 inch. If the dough seems overly soft, throw the whole cookie sheet into the freezer to firm up while you preheat the oven.
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Cut out your cookies, and gather the remaining pieces to add to the next roll out.
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I always like to test one out in the oven first to make sure it stands and add more flour if necessary!
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Bake in 350-degree oven for about 8 minutes until lightly golden around the edges (end time will depend on the thickness and size of your masterpieces!).
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Let rest for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. When cool, frost if desired.
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Repeat the process with the second ball of dough!
TO MAKE THE FROSTING:
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Melt the butter in a dish. Add the powdered sugar and mix with the vanilla and 1-2 teaspoons of milk to start. A thick and stiff frosting will become dry and firm when dry and is easier to decorate with and store, and a little bit of milk goes a LONG way!
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Great recipe! Nobody should have to miss out on frosted cookies at Christmas, and you have made sure they won’t have to. Thank you for sharing this delicious treat with the Hearth and Soul hop.
YUM! I haven’t ventured out into the world of sprinkles yet. I have looked a bit at the store and WF just started carrying a naturally colored sprinkle at a horrible price (way too much). Is there a certain brand of sprinkles that you’d rec for food allergies? We usually don’t eat artificial colors, however I can bend the rule for special cookies!
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂
I hope to see you again this week!
Stop by this week to see if you were the winner of the Sugar and Spice Prize pack! We had a super great variety of recipes and entries this week!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Hi Cindy, I usually use India Tree…but read labels…they are all over the board!!
Thank you for your submission on Nourishing Treasures’ Make Your Own! Monday link-up.
Check back tomorrow when the new link-up is running to see if you were one of the top 3 featured posts! 🙂
Thank you for sharing these to our 12 Days of Christmas {Goodies} link-up! 🙂 I love frosted sugar cookies! They just scream Christmas to me. 🙂 I’m thrilled that an allergy-friendly version is in our link-up.
Hi Tessa, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from Natural Living Mondays.
I wouldn’t have thought it possible to make something like a sugar cookie into practically a health food, but you seem to have done it! Kudos to you.
Anyway, thanks for posting this. If you’ve never visited yet, I hope you can pop by my blog sometime to say hi…