These gluten free sugar cookies are delicious and easy to make! This recipe is similar to conventional cut-out cookie recipes, except it uses one to one gluten free flour. Follow the instructions below to make amazing gluten free cut out cookies.
Making cookies is a great activity to do with your kids! We often make cut out cookies for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and birthday parties. This recipe is ideal to make beautiful, white, cookie cutter shapes.
Additionally, you can decorate these cookies with homemade icing and sprinkles. Powdered sugar icing is easy to mix up in a few minutes, and you can color it with any shade of food coloring.
Try making these beautiful GF cut out cookies yourself using the recipe below!
Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. milk
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 cups gluten free flour
Directions
- Step 1
- Cream the sugar and butter, mixing with a hand mixer or stand mixer for 3 minutes.
- Step 2
- Add the egg, vanilla extract, and milk, mixing until fully blended.
- Step 3
- Combine the flour and salt. Scoop it a little at a time into the wet ingredients, mixing until fully blended. The dough may appear sandy at first. Keep mixing until the dough reaches a moldable consistency.
- Step 4
- Chill the dough until cold, approx. 30 minutes.
- Step 5
- Turn it out onto a surface dusted with gluten free flour. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut out cookie shapes.
- Step 6
- Alternately, cut out the shapes first and chill the cookies on a baking sheet on a shelf in the refrigerator.
- Step 7
- Bake the chilled cookies at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
Easy Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
Begin by gathering the ingredients to make cut out gluten free sugar cookies. You will need softened butter, sugar, 1 egg, vanilla extract, milk, salt, and one to one gluten free flour. I used Red Mill flour from Walmart, which allowed me to bake beautiful gluten free cookies.
Cream the butter and sugar together using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. After this, add the egg, vanilla extract, and milk and mix again until fully combined.
Once the wet ingredients are fully mixed, add the gluten free flour a little at a time while mixing. I was a bit surprised this recipe didn’t need baking powder, but the cookies turned out beautifully.
The dough will initially appear sandy, but eventually comes together into a moldable consistency.
Chilling the Dough
These cookies turn out best if the dough is chilled when they go into the oven. You can accomplish this in two different ways.
Chill the dough in the bowl until cold, about 30 minutes. Turn out the dough onto a floured surface (with gluten free flour), flatten with a rolling pin, roll out the chilled dough, and cut out cookie shapes. This requires working quickly so the cookies are still cold when they go into the oven.
Chill the cut out shapes on a cookie sheet after you’ve cut them out. This is my preferred method, but it requires refrigerator space. I emptied a shelf of our fridge temporarily to chill a sheet of cut out cookies.
This beautiful gluten free cookie dough is all ready to roll out!
Cut Out Gluten Free Cookies Shapes
Regardless of how you chill the dough (see suggestions above), next comes the fun part! Turn out the dough onto a floured surface (using gluten free flour), and roll it out with a rolling pin. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. I made these cookies approximately 1/4 inch thick. Place the gluten free sugar cookies on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Bake them at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
These cookies are fun to decorate with icing and sprinkles. Cut out sugar cookies are a perfect treat for many occasions! You can find our recipe for easy sugar cookie icing here.
Flower shaped and tree shaped cut out sugar cookies using gluten free flour.
Hi, I’m Katie! I’m a homeschool mom who’s traveling the world with my husband and 4 kids. We raised our family in North Idaho and currently live in Mérida, Mexico. I love Jesus, coffee, creative projects, photography, and traveling. I hope you enjoy our creative ideas and family adventures!
