Gluten Free & Vegan Sugar Cookies
These gluten free vegan sugar cookies are THE perfect cookie. They taste just like the soft lofthouse cookies you grew up eating (you know the classic pink icing cookies).... but are gluten free and made with better for you ingredients!
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup vegan butter softened
- ¼ cup applesauce unsweetened
- ½ cup sugar (ensure sugar is organic and vegan if desired)
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 flax egg (combine 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed with 3 tablespoon warm water)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 2.5 cups almond flour (not almond meal!)
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Frosting
- ¼ cup vegan butter softened
- ¾ cup icing sugar (organic and vegan if desired)
- 1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon beetroot powder (can sub with a few drops of any food colouring)
Topping
- Coloured sprinkles of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add in vegan butter, applesauce, sugar, maple syrup, flax egg, vanilla and almond extract. Process for 30 seconds-1 minute until well combined.
- Next, add in almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until a dough forms.
- Use your hands to roll the dough into golf ball sized balls (about 1.5 tablespoon per cookie). Place on prepared cookie sheet then flatten each dough ball (until about ¼-1/2 inch thick) with the bottom of a glass. Tip- flour the bottom of the glass between cookies to ensure it doesn't stick!
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool completely.
- To make the frosting- beat together all ingredients (butter, icing sugar, vanilla and colouring) on high until smooth. Frost each cookie and sprinkle with coloured sprinkles.
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