Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies

These easy gluten-free sugar cookies made with gluten-free flour taste just like the real thing! Top each cookie with cream cheese icing if you like.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 88 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• ¼ cup cream cheese, softened
• 2 ½ cups gluten-free flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Beat white sugar, 3/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until mixture is smooth. Mix butter mixture into flour mixture and form dough into a ball. Wrap ball with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Step 3

Roll dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Arrange cookies on a baking sheet.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool, 8 to 10 minutes more.

Step 5

Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Slowly beat confectioners' sugar into cream cheese mixture until icing is smooth; spread onto cooled cookies.