Description
Celebrate Hanukkah in style with these soft and buttery holiday sugar cookies. They have the perfect consistency and texture, allowing them to hold their shape for any type of cookie cutter, whether it be a star of David, menorah or dreidel!
Ingredients
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Sugar Cookies
- 1/4 cup coconut oil or vegan butter, softened
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 1/4 cups super fine blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- 1/2 cup oat flour (do not use homemade oat flour here)
- 1/4 cup arrowroot powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
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Instructions
- Mix the wet ingredients. Add the coconut oil (or softened butter), maple syrup, vanilla extract and almond extract to a large bowl and use a hand mixer to combine on medium-low speed until light and fluffy.
- Add the dry ingredients to the bowl. Mix in the almond flour, oat flour, arrowroot powder and salt on low speed until combined.
- Flatten the flour mixture and refrigerate. Divide the dough into two balls, wrap each of them in plastic wrap and flatten them into a disc. Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least one hour (or overnight).
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two half-sheet baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll out the dough. Place the refrigerated discs of dough in between sheets of parchment paper and use a rolling pin to roll out the dough until it is 1/2-inch thick. Do not roll too thin or they will harden when baked.
- Cut the dough into desired shapes. Use Hanukkah-themed cookie cutters to cut the cookies into holiday shapes and carefully pull away the excess dough.
- Bake for 8 minutes. The cooking time can vary based on the size of the cookie shapes, so be sure to check on the cookies toward the end to prevent burning. You want them to look just slightly golden brown around the edges.
- Allow the cookies to cool. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes to harden a bit before handling. I sometimes stick the entire cookie sheet in my freezer on a silicone mat.
- Carefully transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack. They will harden once fully cooled.
- Decorate the cookies. Top the cookies with frosting or icing, silver sprinkles or any other festive toppings if desired.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 8
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven