Vegan Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Recipe

Vegan Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

1 3/4 cup gluten free flour

( I love Bob's blend.  Pamela's blend is also great!)

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tbsp corn starch

1 tsp salt

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 tbsp molasses

1/2 cup vegan butter

(I use melted, it's made with coconut oil and has a nice buttery taste)

1 vegan egg

(I recently found the glory that is canned pumpkin and it's what I use here. 1/4 cup = 1 egg and works great in this recipe, you can also use, Ener G egg replacement or a flax egg)

1 tsp extract

(I use vanilla but almond and peppermint are great too.. try mixing it up!)

Frosting

I mix up my frosting recipes.  Your ultimate goal is to have icing that is NOT runny.

1 bag of powder sugar

1 tbsp corn syrup

tsp in almond or coconut milk to your desired thickness.  You can also use vegan butter or coconut oil or lemon juice.  Lots of choices ;)

To begin, mix dry ingredients together in a bowl (flour, baking powder, corn starch, salt), set aside.

In a separate bowl (I use my mixer) mix the molasses and sugar.

Then cream your sugar and "butter".

Next add your vegan egg.  My favorite vegan egg for this recipe is pumpkin.  The taste doesn't carry over to the cookies and it works great!  Energy Egg replacement is my second favorite!

Now you'll add extract.  I love vanilla so that's my go to, but peppermint is also lovely especially if you're using peppermint to sprinkle on top of them after icing!

After everything is all creamed together you'll slowly add the dry ingredients, 1 to 2 cups at a time.

THIS PART IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

Cover your dough and put in the fridge for 30 minutes (and up to 4 hours)  This dough is NOT the same consistency as your average sugar cookie.  It's much stickier.  If you don't chill before rolling and cookie cutting, you'll wish you had!

ready to chill in fridge

This is the time I preheat my oven to 350 degrees F.

Once chilled, pull out your parchment paper and cookie sheets.

Like regular sugar cookies, you'll need some extra flour to roll the dough on so it doesn't stick.

Cut your cookies.

SECOND MOST IMPORTANT

Place your cookies in the freezer for 5 minutes before baking.  While vegan butter is similar to regular butter, it melts faster and you need to chill the dough again so your beautiful cookies hold their shape!

Bake cookies for 7-9 minutes depending on your oven!  My takes 9 minutes exactly.

Pull them out, put them on a cooling rack and repeat!

Christmas Eve Pajama Tradition

The holidays are in full swing over here.  Christmas music on repeat, endless decorating and whipping up holiday orders as fast as humanly possible!

(Our next restock features bowties for the little guys as well as a restock on most holiday bows, don't miss out! Monday, December 12th)

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We decided that besides a few things we picked out ahead of time, we weren't going to brave Black Friday at the mall this year.  That said, I knew I wanted to pick out our annual festive pj's.  Opening new pj's on Christmas Eve is one of my favorite traditions.  Here are some of the pieces I loved!

 

Did anyone else experience the website crash on Hanna Andersson Black Friday?  After a slight panic (happy hanna's is never 50% off) I called our store and they overnighted the gnome pjs to me!  The only thing I love more than festive pj's is exceptional service ;)
I don't know if I've ever written why we love Hanna Andersson so much.. essentially, their fabric is incomparable to any other brand.  Doesn't fade color, doesn't rip and all of ours have made it through 2 kids with potential resale value.  We were too late to snag their adult pj's, it seems like our sizes sell out overnight.. buuuut I wasn't too sad about it because the polka dot pj's from jcrew are lust worthy and I know Michael will love the plaid lounge pants.  Win win!  (Also, I feel like the those light pj's are going to be on repeat every holiday season for the next 10 years.)

One of our other favorite traditions is making homemade gifts.  This year the kids took over and are making necklaces for family and friends!

I'd love to hear about your favorite holidays traditions! xo