Gf & Vegan Drop Sugar Cookies
I am absolutely in love with how my gluten free / vegan m&m cookies turned out. The texture of those cookies is everything..so then it crossed my mind to make a few changes to that recipes to turn it into a gorgeous scoop & bake drop sugar cookie! I added the sprinkles just for fun.
It took a couple of tries ..but I nailed down another really fun recipe. These cookies are soft on the inside and perfectly crisp on the edges. Its all the great taste of a sugar cookie without having to bother to roll out dough and get flour all over your kitchen. If you make both versions let me know which one is your favorite! I absolutely cannot choose.
Better Batter Original Blend: I opted for this flour as I have found its a dream for bread recipes and is rises so nicely! Natalie (the company owner) has since released a new artisan blend that does not have any gum in it. It uses psyllium husk instead. I bought a bag- but have not done enough testing with it to know if it will sub properly cup for cup in my bread recipes using the original blend.
I typically buy my better batter on amazon. This time of year it seems to sell out as Amazon keeps running out of stock for a day or two! But, I believe Walmart carries it in the store & I have ordered it from the Walmart website to ship to my house. I’m always nervous to order from Walmart (Never do store pickup haha. Its always a nightmare at my store anyways). But, shipping direct to my house seems to be pretty quick and dependable.
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Butter
You can make these cookies with regular salted butter If dairy isn’t a concern for you. IF you are making them dairy free like I did please use Earth Balance Butter Sticks. You may try other brands but know that there is a lot of variety brand to brand and they don’t all perform the same. Earth balance is the best when it comes to mimicking how real butter works.
Gluten Free & Vegan Drop Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Flax Egg (3 tbsp (38g) Hot water + 1 Tbsp (7 grams) Golden Flax Meal
- 3/4 Cup ( 155 grams) Organic Cane Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Room Temp/Softened Vegan Butter (or regular salted butter)
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1 Tsp. Double Acting Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 192 Grams Better Batter Original Blend
- 1/4 Cup Sprinkles
Instructions
- Make your flax egg. Add the water to a small bowl and microwave it for 15-20 seconds. Stir in the flax and set aside to cool.
- If you plan to make the cookies right away preheat the oven to 325 degrees & line 2 large baking sheets with parchment. (see notes below about making the dough ahead.)
- Add to the bowl of a stand mixer (or a large bowl using a hand mixer) the softened butter, sugars and vanilla. Mix on high creaming them together for 30-60 seconds. Add in the Salt, baking powder and flour. Making sure to be extremely precise with your gram measurements. Mix again starting on low moving up to high until your cookie dough is smooth.
- Fold in (by hand) the sprinkles I find that just barely stirring them in throughout the dough yields the prettiest cookies.
- Using a cookie scoop that holds about 1 1/2 tbsp of dough. Scoop the cookies out and divide them between the two trays. (9-10 per tray) evenly spacing them out giving them room to spread. Press a few more sprinkles into the tops of them (so that when they spread some remain on top).
- Bake them in the oven 1 tray at a time on the middle rack of your oven. 15-16 minutes until the edges are just golden. Pull them from the oven and give the pan a little wack or two - which will allow sections of the cookies to sink (making them prettier!). Allow them to cool fully before removing from the tray. Repeat with the second tray.
- Store the cookies at room temperature in a sealed container OR freeze them for up to 30 days.
Notes
I like to throw my ground flax meal into my blender (0r a coffee grinder) and blend it even finer than it comes in the bag. Sometimes the flax can leave little specs of color in the cookies (which really isn't a big deal) but I found grinding it more prevents this entirely. Doing this is optional.