Dairy-free sugar cookies
Cut-out Christmas stars and trees with soft middles, iced and sprinkled. Makes 24 for the holiday tin.
- Celiac
- Hashimoto's
- Low-FODMAP
- Low-histamine
- Toddlers
- Dairy-free
- Alpha-gal
- High blood pressure
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- IBS
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free Christmas cookies
- Gluten-free Christmas
- Gluten-free dairy-free
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- Dairy-free desserts
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Ingredients
- 3 cups gluten-free flour blend, a blend with xanthan gum, for cut-out cookies
- 1 cup dairy-free butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar, for the icing
- 2 tbsp almond milk, for the icing, plus more to thin
- ¼ cup gluten-free sprinkles, for decorating
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets.
- Beat the dairy-free butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla, then mix in the gluten-free flour blend.
- Roll the dough out, cut stars and trees, and bake until the edges turn golden.10 min timer
- Cool the cookies completely, about 20 minutes.20 min timer
- Stir the powdered sugar with the almond milk and decorate with sprinkles.
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Made with a gluten-free flour blend and gluten-free sprinkles, so the whole tin is for sharing.
- Milk allergy: Dairy-free butter in the dough and an icing of powdered sugar with almond milk, no dairy anywhere.
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