Gluten Free Dutch Sugar Cookies Food

GLUTEN FREE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar.
• Add dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
• With mixer running, add egg, milk, vanilla, and almond extract; mix until incorporated.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Divide in half and shape into 2 discs. Cover each with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes, and transfer to prepared baking sheets, leaving an inch in between.
• Leftover dough can be rolled and cut once more.
• Bake until lightly golden, about 10 minutes; do not allow to brown.
• Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

GLUTEN-FREE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Beat white sugar, 3/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until mixture is smooth. Mix butter mixture into flour mixture and form dough into a ball. Wrap ball with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Roll dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Arrange cookies on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Slowly beat confectioners' sugar into cream cheese mixture until icing is smooth; spread onto cooled cookies.

GLUTEN FREE DUTCH SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Have on hand 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
• In a small bowl, whish together the flour mix, baking powder, xanthan gum, and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of your mixer, cream sugar and crisco. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients, mixing enough to combine. The dough will be a soft ball. With your hands, knead in enough of the potato starch to make the dough easy to handle and roll out.
• Using about half at a time, place a piece of plastic wrap over the ball and roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness.
• Cut into desired shapes and place on pan.
• Decorate with coloured sugars before baking or use frosting to decorate after baking.
• (With this dough, you can use all the scraps.) Just scrape them together and roll out again. They will not get tough.
• Bake for about 13 minutes. Cool very slightly before removing from the pan.