Decorated Sugar Cookies
These sugar cookies are both gluten-free and so delicious! Everyone will love how buttery and soft they are and nobody will EVER know they are gluten-free!
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 156kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 C butter, softened
- 1 1/2 C sugar
- 2 tsp gluten-free vanilla extract
- 1 tsp gluten-free almond extract
- 1 C brown rice flour
- 1 1/4 C white rice flour plus more for dusting
- 1 C potato starch
- 1/2 C tapioca starch
- 1/3 C 1/3 C arrowroot flour
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 tsp Real Salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add vanilla and almond extracts
- In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until well combined
- Refrigerate dough for 1 hour
- Heavily flour your work surface with white rice flour
- Place half the dough on to surface and top with more white rice flour
- Roll out dough and cut out shapes with cookie cutters
- Gently place cookies on a greased or silicone mat lined baking sheet (I use a spatula)
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes or until slightly golden brown
- Cool on pan 3-5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack
- Continue with the other half of the dough
- Frost the cookies with your favorite royal or decorating icing recipe once they are completely cooled
Nutrition
Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg