Gluten-free sugar cookies are the perfect sweet treat for those times you’re feeling indulgent. Our recipe is easily modified to be dairy-free as well. We even have a wonderful dairy-free icing recipe available upon request.
Yield: approximately 60 cookies
Total prep time (active and inactive): 3 hours
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 ½ cup butter or your favorite non-dairy substitute
- 2 cups maple sugar, or your favorite sweetener (you may also use regular sugar, but we like to promote the healthiest possible ingredients, even when is comes to a sugar cookie!)
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon almond extract (you can also use lemon or orange extract)
- 4 eggs*
- 3 cups of Breads From Anna Dairy & Corn Free Bread Mix
- 2 cups potato starch
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
- In a large mixing bowl combine shortening, sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, and eggs. Cream until smooth.
- Add Breads From Anna Dairy & Corn Free Bread Mix, potato starch, baking powder, and salt. Blend until well combined.
- Cover and chill for 1 hour, or overnight.
- Once chilled, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Roll out dough on floured surface (use potato starch to flour surface), 1/4-1/2 thick. Sprinkle potato starch as needed to prevent dough sticking to rolling pen and surface. Cut into shape with any cookie cutter.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment paper lined cookie sheets.
- Bake 6-8 minutes, cool completely.
Top these off with your favorite icing.
* to replace the eggs, mix 1 cup milk, non-dairy drink, or water (use full fat coconut milk for best results) and 2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder (add baking powder to flour blend)