Sugar cookies
1/3 cup butter or refined coconut oil,
softened
1/2 cup powdered sweetener of choice
(we used powdered monk fruit)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/4 tsp pink salt
1 egg
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 + 3/4 cup almond flour, superfine (I recommend sifting the almond, tapioca & coconut flour if they appear clumpy)
1/4 cup coconut flour
1 tbsp maple syrup
While the cookies cool, prepare the icing: in a small bowl. whisk all the icing ingredients together and drizzle over the cooled cookies, or decorate as desired. We used SuperNatural Sprinkles. Place back on parchment paper for the icing to set - it will harden after 20 minutes or so.
Icing: you can either use the recipe below or we used SuperNatural icing ordered from Amazon!
ยพ cup (117g) powdered maple sugar
1 tbsp (15 ml) coconut or almond milk
ยฝ tsp pure vanilla extract
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F & line a baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a large bowl cream together the butter or coconut oil & the powdered sugar. Add in the extracts.
Add the rest of the ingredients to combine a dough.
Let the mixture chill for 10 minutes in the fridge (not freezer).
Using two pieces of parchment paper, one on the counter, & one over the dough, roll out the dough with a rolling pin or filled up water bottle to the desired thickness you want your sugar cookies to be. I made mine about 1/4 inch thick. I also made some without rolling out the dough & simply rolled the dough into balls with my hands and then flattened them out on the baking sheet before baking. This method yields a super soft & thicker type sugar cookie rather than the rolled out ones.
Carefully use cookie cutters or a circular glass to cut out your cookies.
Gently place them on your baking sheet.
I baked mine for about 7 minutes as I like a softer sugar cookie. If you like your sugar cookies crunchier, bake around 10 minutes. Watch them carefully as to not burn them. Baking time is from 5-10 minutes depending on how thick they are & the texture you are going for.
Remove from the oven & let cool before icing. I used store-bought, but you can use the glaze recipe I suggested (adding more powdered sugar until the thickness you want is reached) or your favorite icing recipe.