Sugar Cookies

For those of you looking for a sugar cookie free of refined sugar, look no further! As I’ve mentioned before, Lexi’s Clean Kitchen is such an amazing resource with great articles and recipes. This sugar cookie recipe is no exception! After I made them, they fell firmly into first place for my favorite sugar cookie.

I also love that they are egg free, so my toddler can help me make them! 

Recipe Notes:

• You can use dairy-free butter and they taste amazing with it (we tested!), but they are extra tasty with real butter, so if you can tolerate real butter, I would highly recommend using it!
• Per Lexi’s optional add-in suggestions, I subbed 1/4 teaspoon almond extract for the vanilla- I loved it! I also would love to try the orange option!
• In my previous oven, these only cooked for 5 min. In my current oven, they cooked for about 7 min. They burn very quickly and so I would recommend setting the timer for 5 min and checking on them every minute after that until they are just light golden brown around the edges
• These cookies don’t really rise, so cut/roll as thick as you want them
• Since they are very fragile coming out of the oven, I lined a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and after they cooked, gently lifted the parchment paper (with them on it) onto a flat surface until they cooled longer
• The frosting does have powdered sugar, so if you would prefer a frosting recipe without, here is one by Sweet Laurel, though I have not tried this one. 
• I did not have access to a mixer so I almost completely the df butter to a state where I could whisk
• I sprinkled tapioca flour on the rolling mat, pin, and dough to assist in a stick-free rolling and highly recommend this
• For food coloring, I used McCormick. They worked pretty well but I wish it was a liquid instead of a powder. In the future I think I will try some of the ones recommended on Lexi’s Clean Kitchen

I did not make any adjustments to this recipe (except the almond extract and added tapioca flour for rolling). Find the recipe here. Enjoy!