Dairy and Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
This gluten free dairy free sugar cookie recipe will give you soft and chewy gluten free sugar cookies just like they should be. They are made with easy to find ingredients and it’s very simple to make. You will love that they are the perfect texture for cutting out with cookie cutters. Everyone needs a good cut out sugar cookie recipe to turn to and these will be the recipe that you turn to time and time again because they are delicious! Let the kids get messy with you in the kitchen and have fun with these gluten free sugar cookies.
I created this recipe during the holiday’s last year. Sugar cookies were one of my favorite cookies prior to going gluten free. I would make butterflies, hearts and many other festive designs for every occasion.
Easy Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
After going gluten free I tried a sugar cookie recipe and it was a major fail. They crumbled and I couldn’t decorate them. I don’t like my cookies crunchy- I want them soft and chewy. So, last Christmas I set out to create the perfect cookie.
It took a few tries to get the texture just right. The first batch had too much flour. They rolled out well, but totally crumbled after baking. I also over baked the first two batches. That is one of the secrets- you CANNOT over bake them. They will break apart if over baked. After 10 minutes take them out. I also have a gas stove, so keep an eye on them if your oven is temperamental.
My kids absolutely love making sugar cookies. They like picking out the shape, pressing it into the dough and then helping decorate once they are cooled.
I was trying to think of a 4th of July themed dessert for the blog and a few things struck out that I might do for next year, but I thought that patriotic sugar cookies would be a lot of fun.
When the kids saw these they couldn’t wait to get into them. I always have to take pictures of the food before they get to eat it, so they were hovering over me waiting for their opportunity and staking their claim on which cookie they would get to have.
We had a lot of cookies this time and the Hubby and I are trying to limit our intake of sweets, so I took a tray to all of the neighbor kids playing in the sprinklers out front and handed them out. Not one of them cared or knew that they were gluten free, they all loved them and wanted more. These will be sure to please everyone at your gathering. It would also be fun to have a cookie decorating station for the kids if your gathering will have a lot of little ones.
Ingredients needed to make Dairy and Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
Vegan Butter: Earth’s Balance is my favorite, you cn also use regular butter if you ar enot dairy free.
Sugar
Eggs: I have not made this egg free, so I don’t have a substitute. If you find one that works well, please share in the comments.
Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend: For this recipe I recommend making my All Purpose Flour Blend or Better Batter Original Blend. If your flour blend already has xanthan gum, do not add more!
Tapioca Starch: This gives the extra chewy texture, don’t skip it! Alternatively, you can use potato or arrowroot starch.
Baking Soda
Xanthan Gum: Only add this if you are making my flour blend and didn’t add the xanthan gum to it!
Salt
Powdered Sugar
Vanilla Extract
Dairy Free Milk: My favorite is coconut, but feel free to use your favorite. You can also use regular milk if it doesn’t have to be dairy free.
Dairy and Gluten Free Sugar Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients
- ⅔ Cups Dairy Free Butter
- 1 ½ Cups of Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 3 ½ Cups of My Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend
- ¼ Tapioca Flour/Starch
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 tsp. Xanthan Gum omit if you are using a premade flour blend
- Dash of Salt
- 2 Cups Powdered Sugar sifted
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 2 TBSP plus 2 tsp. Dairy Free Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a stand mixer cream the eggs, sugar, dairy free butter and vanilla on medium speed for 5 minutes.
- Turn the mixer off and the GF AP flour and tapioca starch.
- Turn stand mixer on low speed, add the baking soda, xanthan gum and salt.
- Mix on low for one minute.
- Remove the dough from the stand mixer, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a half hour. Once refrigerated, remove dough and cut into 4 sections. Take one section and put the rest back in the fridge.
- Lightly grease your baking sheet. With parchment paper or plastic wrap on the bottom and another piece over the top of the dough, roll the dough to be ¼ inch thick.
- Use cookie cutters to create your shapes and place them on your prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove after 10 minutes and allow cookies to sit on a cookie sheet for 3 minutes.
- Remove and place on parchment paper to cool. Frost once completely cooled.
- To make the icing, Sift the powdered sugar into a bowl. Add the vanilla and dairy free milk. Stir until you have a medium thick consistency.
- Separate the icing into individual bowls if you are coloring it and add the food coloring.
- Transfer to piping bag to decorate.
Nutrition
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This recipe was posted originally in June 2017, it was updated and reposted in July 2024.
How much of the tapioca flour? There’s no specific measurement listed. Thanks!
1/4 cup, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will update it!