Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies
Are you looking for an easy roll-out dough that is easy to shape and decorate? This gluten-free sugar cookie recipe is the perfect recipe for you!
Ingredients
COOKIES:
- 1 cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 egg
- 1 ¼ cup sour cream
- 5 cups gluten-free flour I used Bob’s Red Mill
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoon butter extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- 8 ounces cream cheese low fat
- ½ cup butter unsalted
- 5 cups monk fruit powder sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
COOKIES:
- Cream together the butter and sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add in one egg at a time until full incorporated.
- Add in the sour cream and 2 cups of the flour.
- Add in the vanilla paste, vanilla extract, butter extract, salt, baking soda, baking powder and mix until all incorporated.
- Add in the rest of the flour one cup at a time and mix until all combined.
- Divide the dough into 2 disks and cover with plastic wrap.
- Place the dough into the refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and set out on the counter for 10 minutes.
- Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick and cut out with desired cookie cutters.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. (just until they are barely light brown on the bottoms, if they get too brown the cookie will be dry) Let them cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes then transfer them to a wire rack until they are completely cooled.
MAKE THE ICING:
- While the cookies are cooling add the cream cheese and butter to an electric mixer and cream them together.
- Add in one cup at a time the powder sugar and mix until combined.
- Pour in the vanilla extract into the mixture and mix until combined.
- Pipe or spread the frosting to the cooled cookies.
- Serve and enjoy and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 40 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 224
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 224kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 35mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 109mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 29mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 318IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 41mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.