The Best Vegan Sugar Cookies Ever
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This vegan sugar cookies recipe is a big hit in our home. These cookies are soft, sweet, and they melt in your mouth.
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Why make this recipe?
- Melts in your mouth – These amazing cookies seriously do melt in your mouth and are so fun and satisfying to eat.
- Delicious – I cannot get enough of the flavors in this recipe. I absolutely love what the almond extract brings.
- Soft – I only like soft sugar cookies and these ones are super soft and won’t break your teeth.
Ingredient notes
- Vegan butter – I use the brand Earth Balance for vegan butter, but you could try another vegan brand too.
- Flaxseed meal – This is an egg replacer for baking. For 1 egg I do 1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal and 2.5 tbsp water.
- Almond milk – This is the only non-dairy milk I have used in the frosting, but other non-dairy milks, like soy milk and oat milk, should work too.
- Food coloring – Food coloring is optional for your frosting. I love leaving the frosting white, but I think it’s fun to color the frosting every now and then. I use Watkins Assorted Food Coloring with no artificial dyes. You can get it here.
Step by step instructions
For the cookies:
Step 1 – Combine the butter, flax egg, vanilla, and almond extract and mix it together.
Step 2 – Add the sugar, flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda.
Step 3 – Mix them together well.
Step 4 – Refrigerate the cookie dough to chill.
Step 5 – Roll out your cookie dough and cut it into shapes.
Step 6 – Bake cookies at 375 degrees for 7 minutes.
For the frosting:
Step 1 – Cream the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract together.
Step 2 – Add the almond milk and food coloring.
Tips and tricks
- The frosting is melty at room temperature, so I like to keep the cookies in the fridge. I also think they taste better when they’re cold!
- Let the flaxseed meal sit in the water for a few minutes before adding it to the cookie dough mixture. This will allow the flaxseed meal to absorb more of the water.
- To make your cookies more well done, bake them for another 2-3 minutes.
The Best Vegan Sugar Cookies Ever
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup vegan butter (I use Smart Balance)
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 flax egg (1 Tbsp flaxseed meal and 2 1/2 Tbsp water)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup vegan butter
- 3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp almond milk (I use Almond Breeze Original)
- Food coloring (Optional)
Instructions
For the cookies:
- Combine butter, flax egg, vanilla and almond extract.
- Add sugar, flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda.
- Mix well
- Refrigerate cookie dough to chill.
- Roll out dough and cut into shapes.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 7 minutes.
For the frosting:
- Cream butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Add almond milk and food coloring.
Notes
- I recommend keeping the frosted cookies in the fridge since the frosting is melty.
- If you like your cookies a little more done, bake for 9-10 minutes instead of 7 minutes.
- For the flax egg, let the flaxseed meal absorb the water for a few minutes before adding it to the cookie dough mixture.
