Simply Sugar Cookies
 
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The perfect sugar cookie to decorate for every occasion or holiday. Soft and fluffy, and don't crumble or break. Top them off with some Perfect Vanilla Frosting.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 26-32
Ingredients
  • ⅔ cup butter, room temperature
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • ½ cup almond flour
  • ½ cup arrowroot starch
  • ¼ cup coconut flour
  • ¾ cup white rice flour
  • 1½ teaspoon xanthan gum
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 recipe Perfect Vanilla Frosting (6 tablespoons butter at room temperature, 2¼ cups powdered sugar, dash of salt, 1½ teaspoons vanilla, 3 to 4 tablespoons milk)
Directions
  1. In a mixer cream together butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy. Add vanilla and milk. Mix together.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together almond flour, arrowroot starch, coconut flour, white rice flour, xanthan gum, salt and baking powder.
  3. Add flour mixture to wet mixture. Mix until fully incorporated. Mix one minute more.
  4. Divide dough into two balls. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, or until dough is firm enough to be handled.
  5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  6. Lay out wax paper for work surface. Lightly flour wax paper. Scoop half the dough onto work surface and return other half to fridge. Lightly flour top of dough and rolling pin. Roll out to about ⅛ inch thickness.
  7. Cut desired shapes, about 3 inches in length. Place on parchment lined cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Roll scraps of dough together and flatten with rolling pin. Cut out more shapes. Repeat until dough is gone.
  8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for second half of dough.
  9. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are barely browning, rotating pan after 7 minutes.*
  10. Immediately slide parchment paper off onto cooling racks for cookies to cool.
  11. Prepare frosting by beating butter until light and fluffy. Add half of powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add salt, vanilla and 3 tablespoons milk. Mix until combined. Add rest of powdered sugar and beat for one minute. Add additional milk if needed.
  12. Once cookies are completely cooled, decorate with frosting and sprinkles.
Notes
*Bake one pan at a time for even cooking. Do not let cut out cookies sit on hot cookie sheets waiting to be baked. If your cookie sheet is still hot, place cutouts on parchment paper and then transfer to pan right before cooking. Do not use dark colored nonstick cookie sheets; they brown too fast.
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/simply-sugar-cookies/