Gluten Free Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
Just like the store bought kind, these thicker cookies are melt-in-your-mouth delicious and the dough is so easy to work with!
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup shortening OR butter OR vegan butter
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil of choice
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks or vegan egg substitute
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup 236 grams gfJules™All Purpose Gluten Free Flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 Tbs. water as needed
- food coloring optional
- colored sugar or frosting optional
- gluten free sprinkles
Instructions
- Cream shortening, sugar and oil several minutes with an electric mixer, until very fluffy.
- Add egg yolks, vanilla extract and food coloring, if using. Mix in the dry ingredients, adding in tablespoons of water only as needed to keep the dough together and avoid dryness (err on the side of this dough being wetter).
- Pat the dough into a disc shape to roll or to cover tightly with plastic wrap to refrigerate or just roll out immediately.
- Preheat oven to 350º F (static) or 325º F (convection).
- Lightly flour a clean surface or pastry mat with gfJules™ All Purpose Flour. Roll the dough to a little more than 1/4-inch thickness and dust cookie cutters with gfJules Flour before using to cut out shapes. You may also roll thin coils of dough of different colors and braid into candy cane or other fun shapes.
- Place cut cookies onto parchment-lined cookie sheets and decorate with colored sugar, if desired.
- Bake approximately 8-10 minutes, but remove before they begin to brown at the edges. Cool on a wire rack and frost with gluten-free frosting, if desired.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.