Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
Easter is coming up, and if you're like my family, you like to decorate cookies. We hope you enjoy this recipe, and that you have a very Happy Easter!








Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups gluten free flour mix*
3 teaspoons xanthan gum



Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla. Mix baking powder and flour, add one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour in by hand (if dough becomes too stiff, add water, a teaspoon at a time). Do not chill dough. Divide dough into 2 portions. On a floured surface, roll out dough and cut into desired shapes.
Bake cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven for 6-7 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned.




Frosting: 
1 stick butter
2 cups Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Food Coloring 


Directions:
Combine butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Whip until creamy.  Then separate frosting into bowls and add food coloring until desired color is achieved.  


*If frosting is too thin add powdered sugar
*If frosting is too thick add a tablespoon of milk 

Number Of Servings:20-24 average-size cookies

*Gluten free flour mix:
2 parts rice flour
2/3 part potato starch
1/3 tapioca flour
  

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