Gluten Free/Dairy Free/Egg Free Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies (gluten free, soy free, wheat free, dairy free, egg free)

Ingredients

• 3 cups oat flour
• 1 teaspoon xantham gum
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup soy free Earth Balance “buttery spread” at room temperature
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 1 “egg” (substitute with flax meal) mix 3 tablespoons of water with 1 tablespoon of flax meal (must be meal not whole flax) mix together and let it sit for 3 minutes until it forms a gel similar to egg whites.
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a medium bowl stir together flour, xantham gum, baking soda, and baking powder.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the Earth Balance buttery spread and sugar until smooth. Add in your flax meal gel (the “egg”) and vanilla. Blend in the dry ingredients. Roll dough into balls (teaspoon size or larger if you like bigger cookies) and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 7 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. Let stand on cookie sheet for two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

This recipe also works very well with a Spritz Cookie Press.

Tagged: cookies, dairy free, dessert, egg free, Gluten Free, peanut free, soy free, tree nut free, wheat free