Valentine's sugar cookies

5 from 36 votes

Valentine’s is just around the corner and what sweeter way to celebrate than with soft, tender, frosted gluten-free Valentines day sprinkles Cookies? These frosted sugar cookies are the perfect way to bring color and festivity to the day and will make both kids and adults smile.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Valentine's cookie

Servings:

Calories: 177kcal

Author: Nicole Kendrick

Equipment

Ingredients

Cookies

2 ½ cups King Arthur GF 1:1 flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon Baking Powder
¾ cup butter softened
1 ½ cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Frosting

¾ cup dairy free butter softened
1 ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract Singing dog
½ teaspoon Olivenation almond extract OliveNation
⅛ teaspoon salt
2 ¼ cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions

Cookies

Begin by preheating your oven to 350 ℉ and then line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Next add the flour, salt, and baking powder to a bowl and mix to combine.
Add the butter and sugar to a mixing bowl and mix and using an electric mixer, mix until it’s creamy, scraping down the sides if necessary.
Next add one egg at a time, mixing in between each egg.
Then add the vanilla extract and mix.
Turn the mixer off and add half of the flour. Then mix it on low until just combined.
Finally, add the remaining flour and mix until just combined.,
Use a 2” cookie scoop to portion out your sugar cookie dough, placing each cookie 2” apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Allow the cookies to bake for 9-12 minutes until they are slightly golden and the center is no longer gooey. Oven temperatures will vary. Mine takes nine minutes.
Let the cookies cool completely before frosting.

Dairy-Free Frosting

First, whip the butter for 3 to 4 minutes until fluffy.
Then, add the vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt.
Next, on medium-low speed add the powdered sugar ½ cup at time and mix on low at first, then on high for 2-3 minutes.
Add sprinkles to the cookies before the frosting dries. For sprinkles I used valentines sprinkles from OliveNation. Use code NK15 for 15% off.

Notes

Top Tips:

Make sure that all of your ingredients for both the gluten-free sugar cookies and the dairy-free buttercream are at room temperature. This will allow everything to mix together smoothly without over-mixing. This also includes your eggs.
If you don’t have a piping bag you can use an offset spatula to frost your cookies, or even a plastic zip bag with the corner snipped. They will still be pretty and festive!
Have fun customizing the colors for different holidays and occasions.
All ovens will vary slightly in temperature. Make sure to check your cookies at the 9-minute mark.
Always let your cookies cool completely before frosting them. Once you’ve achieved that gloriously creamy and fluffy frosting you don’t want it to melt.

Nutrition:

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation. The owner of this site is not responsible for nutrition facts.

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