Merry Christmas and Happy Everything! The best sugar cookie just got a new look! My friend, Susan is far more talented at cookie decorating, so thanks to her for sharing the photo!
When we color our homemade frosting, we love to use food coloring made from foods rather than chemicals. There are a variety of brands to choose from. We have had good experiences with the Watkins brand (found at Target.com). Or, for the more adventurous, you can make your own food coloring from scratch, one example of ideas here: https://www.crowdedkitchen.com/natural-vegan-food-coloring/
Have fun, Merry Christmas and, Happy New Year too!
Mele Kalikimaka
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minutesIngredients
- Cookie
2 1/2 cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup of organic sugar
1/4 cup non-dairy milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup vegan butter* (softened)
- Frosting
1/4 cup shortening*
1/4 cup vegan butter (softened)
1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 – 2 Tablespoons soymilk
abundant love
Directions
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt and mix together.
- In a larger bowl, beat together the sugar, vegan butter, milk, and vanilla.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to the larger bowl, mix until a dough forms.
- Cover dough and refrigerate for an hour.
- One hour later, preheat the oven to 350. Remove the dough from the fridge and roll it out with a rolling pin to 3/4 inch thickness.
- Use your cookie cutters to create your cookies and carefully place them onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.* Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute before transferring to a cooling rack. Let the cookies cool completely before frosting.*
- For the frosting, beat the shortening and vegan butter until well combined and fluffy. Then, add the powdered sugar and mix well again. Add the vanilla and 1 Tablespoon of the milk as you continue to mix. Add more milk as to your liking. Mix with an electric mixer until fluffy. Optional: please add any food coloring you’d like and mix again until combined.
Notes
- * You’ve seen it in all our recipes, we LOVE Miyoko’s vegan butter, it truly is the best!
- ** Shortening we use is Nutiva brand.
- *** Our perfect cookies baked for 11 minutes. Then, we put a second batch in and cooked for only 10 minutes. Not sure if they needed less time because the oven was well heated already, but just to be aware to keep an eye on those cookies so they don’t get overdone!
- **** If you frost your cookies while they are still warm, the frosting will melt right off, oops. We like to color our frosting with brands made with food (not chemicals). One favorite that works well is Watkins brand (can be found at Target).
- ***** If you don’t bake all the cookies (haha), the extra dough can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer for a later cookie date!
These Look beautiful and delicious! I can’t wait to try them!
Thank you! Please let us know how it goes. 🙂