These gluten-free holiday cookies are buttery, sweet and tender, the perfect gluten-free alternative to classic sugar cookies. Delight your gluten-free friends and family during the holidays with our best gluten-free Christmas cookie recipe—taken up a notch by a delicious, sweet glaze and an extra sprinkle of sugar.
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- More About this Recipe : Simple and sweet, sugar cookies are practically perfect in every way. So wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could make a version even more people could enjoy? This gluten-free sugar cookie recipe is an excellent option that tastes great and is perfect for gluten-free friends and family members. Betty’s All-Purpose Gluten Free Rice Flour Blend takes the guesswork out of sometimes-complicated gluten-free baking. The easy glaze takes them up a notch from plain sugar cookies and prepares them for your favorite sprinkles! Looking for tips and tricks on how to make sugar cookies even better? We’ve got all the info you need.
Gluten-Free Christmas Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups from 1 box (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Gluten Free All Purpose Rice Flour Blend
- 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Glaze
- 1 cup gluten-free powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, shortening and softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. On low speed, beat in vanilla and egg. Stir in flour blend, baking powder and salt until well mixed. Divide dough in half; shape each half into disk. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. On work surface lightly sprinkled with flour blend, roll each half of dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let stand 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Stir together Glaze ingredients. Drizzle on cookies. Sprinkle with additional granulated sugar, if desired. Let stand 30 minutes or until glaze is set. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.
Nutrition
160
Calories
8g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 105mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 5mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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