Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies

Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies – a Vegan and Gluten Free version of a childhood favorite! chewy soft with fluffy buttery frosting and sprinkles – just as you remember!

Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies

Soft and fluffy cookies. Who doesn’t like this classic cookie, right?

Jason brought a cookie home from his dentist appointment last week. An Easter cookie. A soft frosted sugar cookie, Lofthouse style.

I immediately had a craving, and looked through my old recipes from college.

and yeah – are you laughing because our dentist office gives out cookies? A couple years ago on Halloween, I tried my first Airhead candy because my dentist was raving about them. Dental job security, I guess?

So, these cookies. I veganized a recipe I used for holiday cookies in college. A friend called while I was making the first batch on Thursday afternoon, and I ended up making her a batch with the thinner frosting.

I still wanted the thicker, buttery frosting that is traditional with the Lofthouse style, so another batch was made the next day.

Originally, I just had a craving – I wasn’t making these cookies for the blog at all! Then, some of the cookies I made for my friend ended up in the hands of her newly dairy free friend.

She wanted the recipe for Easter, and she ended up making the cutest egg shaped cookies! She used the thinner frosting so she could pipe it like a decorated egg – so cute!

Whether a holiday or a Thursday, use any frosting style and sprinkles combination you like! Once again, I am using my favorite bright and colorful vegan sprinkles here…

Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies Vegan Gluten Free

YIELD: 28-32 cookies, depending on size

dairy, egg, and gluten free, vegan

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/4 cups gluten free all purpose flour
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup vegan powdered sugar
1/2 cup vegan granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegan butter (Earth Balance BAKING sticks)
1/4 cup aquafaba
3 tablespoons cashew milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or paste

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Set aside. 

In mixing bowl, sift together flours, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In another bowl with a hand mixer (or stand mixer), cream together powdered sugar, milk, butter, aquafaba, and vanilla.

Add dry mixture while continuing to mix, combining completely to a thick dough.

Using a scoop for uniform size, scoop onto prepared baking sheet.

Bake at 350 °F for 8-10 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.

Fluffy Sugar Cookie Frosting

dairy, egg, and gluten free, vegan

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup vegan butter (Earth Balance BAKING sticks)
2 1/2 cups vegan powdered sugar
natural food coloring (1 tablespoon beet juice)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste
vegan sprinkles

INSTRUCTIONS:

Using a stand or hand mixer, beat butter. Add powdered sugar by the cupful as you continue mixing, until all sugar is incorporated. Scrape sides of bowl with spatula as needed. Add food color and vanilla, combine.

Frost cooled cookies and add sprinkles.

Thin Sugar Cookie Frosting

dairy, egg, and gluten free, vegan

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/2 cups vegan powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cashew milk
natural food coloring (beet juice)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste
vegan sprinkles

INSTRUCTIONS:

Combine (sifted) powdered sugar, milk, food color, and vanilla. Stir until smooth.

Frost cooled cookies and add sprinkles.

Back to the dentist – ha! 

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ABOUT KRISTINA: Kristina is spabettie! She founded spabettie in 2010 to share vegan recipes. As the sole recipe developer and photographer, Kristina turned her culinary training into the best way to spend her days – sharing just how flavorful and vibrant vegan food is! She loves dachshunds, Portland, Hawaii, drummers – well, one drummer – and travel.

printable Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies recipe:

Yield: 28-32 cookies

Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies

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Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies - a Vegan and Gluten Free version of a childhood favorite! chewy soft with fluffy buttery frosting and sprinkles - just as you remember!

Prep Time 7 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups gluten free all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown rice flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup vegan powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup vegan granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup vegan butter (Earth Balance BAKING sticks)
• 1/4 cup aquafaba
• 3 tablespoons cashew milk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or paste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Set aside. 
2. In mixing bowl, sift together flours, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
3. In another bowl with a hand mixer (or stand mixer), cream together powdered sugar, milk, butter, aquafaba, and vanilla.
4. Add dry mixture while continuing to mix, combining completely to a thick dough.
5. Using a scoop for uniform size, scoop onto prepared baking sheet.
6. Bake at 350 °F for 8-10 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

2 cookies
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 130

Fluffy Sugar Cookie Frosting

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Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegan butter (Earth Balance BAKING sticks)
• 2 1/2 cups vegan powdered sugar
• natural food coloring (1 tablespoon beet juice)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste

Instructions

1. Using a stand or hand mixer, beat butter. Add powdered sugar by the cupful as you continue mixing, until all sugar is incorporated. Scrape sides of bowl with spatula as needed. Add food color and vanilla, combine.
2. Frost cooled cookies and add sprinkles.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

2 cookies worth of frosting
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 129

Thin Sugar Cookie Frosting

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Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups vegan powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons cashew milk
• natural food coloring (beet juice)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste
• vegan sprinkles

Instructions

1. Combine (sifted) powdered sugar, milk, food color, and vanilla. Stir until smooth.
2. Frost cooled cookies and add sprinkles.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

2 cookies worth of frosting
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 81

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