Dairy Free Sugar Cookies
These dairy free sugar cookies are perfect for cookie cutters! Enjoy at Christmas time - or really anytime!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup dairy-free butter (i.e. 1 stick; see notes)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir until everything is combined.
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In another bowl, cream together the dairy-free butter and granulated sugar using a stand mixer or hand mixer. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
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Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
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Flatten dough into an eight-inch disc, and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in fridge for at least 30 minutes.
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About 5-10 minutes before the end of the chilling time, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper (or a silicone baking mat).
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On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough, sprinkling a little flour over the dough as you're rolling as well (to prevent the rolling pin from sticking. Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Place on the parchment lined baking sheet.
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Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the edges start turning a very light golden brown. Let cool on the pan for 5-10 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to continue cooling. Enjoy now, or cool completely and decorate with your favorite icing.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
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The success of these cookies can be dependent on your choice of dairy-free butter. I highly recommend either Country Crock plant butter sticks with avocado oil, Country Crock homestyle dairy-free salted butter, or Earth Balance soy free sticks (or the soy free tub).
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This recipe is for a lightly sweetened soft sugar cookie, as I assume some folks will add icing to top them.
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This recipe makes approximately 20 cookies, but the specific yield will depend on the size of your cookie cutters. Smaller cookie cutters = more cookies; larger cookie cutters = fewer cookies.
- Cooking time can vary based on cookie size; if you're baking small cookies start checking a minute or two early.
Nutrition analysis (approximate per cookie):
98 calories, 5 g fat, 1 saturated fat, 89 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 5 g sugar, 1 g protein, Vitamin A: 0%, Vitamin C: 0%, Calcium: 1%, Iron: 3%