Gluten Free, Vegan Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies are great; simple, crisp, and they last for ages in a cookie jar or tin.  We decorate with edible glitter so you get a beautiful finish without upping the sugar content. It’s a Christmas tradition in our house – Molly and I have a real giggle decorating the sugar cookies. So…here I was messing with tradition. Always risky. But its worth it to find a good gluten free, vegan sugar cookie.

I didn’t tell anyone that they were gluten free; just handed them around as normal and got the normal happy response. They do come out a bit crisper than cookies made with wheat flour but that’s not a bad thing! And I found they took a little longer to get brown so the cooking time is a bit longer (which is why, I suppose, they are crisper). I do think that they need the colour so it’s worth it.  I was delighted with the result.

Free From: Dairy, Egg, Soya, Gluten

Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C

Gluten Free, Vegan Sugar Cookies

These are lovely crisp cookies that work year round - but they are always, always, part of Christmas for us.Free From: Dairy, Egg, Soya, Gluten Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C

By: Allergymums

• March 26, 2019
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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Pure Sunflower Margarine - any dairy free margarine
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2 tsp egg replacer (plus 4 tbsp. water)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups Gluten Free Flour - I like Doves Farm
• ½ tsp Xanthan Gum
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt

Directions

Step 1

Cream the margarine and sugar until you have a nice light looking mixture – a good 4 minutes on a high setting.

Step 2

Add the egg replacer to the water and whisk – you should get a nice foamy looking mixture.

Step 3

Beat in the egg replacer and vanilla.

Step 4

Blend in flour, baking powder, salt and Xanthan Gum.

Step 5

Chill for 1 hour – the dough really needs this so don’t rush it.

Step 6

Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick and cut out into desired shapes and decorate as you like. We use edible glitter and edible writing pens to get the end result. A few sugar balls always make an entrance as well.

Step 7

Bake on a lightly greased baking sheet for 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool on a wire rack.

If you’re looking for a Gluten Free Cupcake check out these Cinnamon beauties.