Gluten & Dairy Free Dutch Sugar Cookies

I loved loved loved making cut out cookies with my Grandma.  For a while I thought I had to come to terms with the fact that those days were long gone.

But, Christmas isn't Christmas without Grandma's sugar cookies....

So to keep me from having a meltdown my first Christmas as a Celiac my Mama & Papa searched high and low for a recipe.  It just so happened that we got lucky the first time and they chose a good one!  I don't know where it came from, but I thank whoever created it!  It's even dairy free so I didn't have to change a thing.. except the frosting of course!

You are only naughty if you eat ALL the dough!

These cookies are addicting!  And to tell you the truth they are easier to make than Grandma's old recipe.  With hers you had to make the dough and then chill it for what seemed like EVER to my little mind.  I didn't have patience for that! 

Now these are the new Christmas tradition!  Everyone always looks forward to them, and I always have to double the recipe because noone can stop eating them!

Gluten & Dairy Free Dutch Sugar Cookies

2 1/2 C Featherlight Mix*
1 t Baking Powder
2 1/2 t Xanthan Gum
1 t Salt
1 C Sugar
1 C Butter Flavor Crisco- believe it or not this is GF & DF
1 Egg (or 1/4 C Liquid Egg Sugstitute)
2 t Vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350.  In a small bowl whisk together the flour mix, baking powder, xanthan gum, and salt.  Set aside.  Cream the Crisco and sugar.  Beat in the egg and vanilla.  Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing enough to combine.  Work the dough into a soft ball. ( For me it is always easy to work with, but if it isn't add in a bit more of the flour mix.)  Using about 1/2 at a time roll out to 1/4 inch thickness.  Cut out in whatever shapes you want and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for about 12 minutes- don't overbake!  Cool a bit before removing them from the pan to a cooling rack. 

*Feather Light Flour Mix:
1 C White Rice Flour
1 C Tapioca Flour
1 C Corn Starch
1 T Potatoe FLOUR- not starch

Whisk this all together and sift it good.  This amount leaves a bit leftover thats perfect for using to knead and roll out the dough.  Of course double it if you double the cookie recipe like I do! :)

I don't have a photo of any finished and frosted cookies...
We were all too busy eating them to take the time
to take a picture before they were gone!

That's my girl, loving Cal's  new weather tec floormats
that I got for Christmas!