The Best Sugar Cookies

A Gluten-Free sugar cookie never tasted so good! Crispy edges, a soft + chewy center and perfect anytime! Decorate them for any occasion.

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The Best Sugar Cookies

The easiest and yummiest gluten-free sugar cookies!

New! I added a cooking video to this page so you can see how easy these gluten-free Sugar Cookies are to make!

As with all our recipes, there is a printable recipe at the bottom of the page with exact measurements and directions.

Hope you love them!

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My family loooves these Sugar Cookies!

These cookies are literally perfect. They have crisp edges, a chewy center and despite its name, they are not overly sweet… just so yummy!

I first made these Sugar cookies for Valentines Day…

We are not a family who celebrates Valentine’s Day in a big way — we usually exchange cards, maybe some flowers are involved and we have a nice dinner together– but I always make a sweet treat!

While we LOVE our chocolate cake recipe, and chocolate is obviously a Valentines Day favorite, I wanted to go with something fruity (so we made a batch of Raspberry Crumble Bars — if you haven’t tried, they are too good!) and I made a classic Sugar Cookie that is OUT OF THIS WORLD!

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Ever since making them that first time, they’ve become a regular in the rotation as everyone loves them and we make them constantly, decorating them to be a little more festive for whatever holiday or event is nearing.

For Memorial Day and Fourth of July we make them with red, whit and blue sprinkles.

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For Halloween, I went with orange sprinkles for Halloween.

You can get as creative as you like but with 2 teen boys, orange sprinkles is as creative as they want for Halloween lol.

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And for Christmas, I made made them with red and green sprinkles, and for St Patrick’s Day I made them with green sprinkles.

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No matter what color sprinkles, they are super EASY to make.

They are made with just 10 real, whole food ingredients:

gluten free all purpose flour (I used GF Jules, affiliate link)

almond flour

baking soda

baking powder

salt

cane sugar

cream cheese or dairy free cream cheese

butter or dairy-free butter

1 egg or flax egg

vanilla extract.

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Back to the Gluten-free Sugar Cookies…

The dough comes together quickly and makes 24 2 1/2 – 3 inch cookies.

The only thing you need to plan for is that the dough needs to be refrigerated for 30 mins.

After that, you just scoop out the batter into 1 1/2 tablespoon pieces, roll each portion into a ball, then roll the ball in sugar for a sweet and sparkly finish. Then use the base of a measuring cup to flatten the cookie to about 1/2 inch thick.

Pro tip: they do expand when they bake, so place them 1 – 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.

Recipe from America’s Test Kitchen with a few small tweaks (made them egg free and almost vegan — used dairy-free butter but did use the 3 oz of regular cream cheese the recipe called for).

If you haven’t used flax egg, it is super easy to make and works great as an egg replacement in many recipes that call for 1 egg.

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No matter whether you make them dairy free or egg free, with regular sugar or with decorated sugar, hope you love them as much as we do!

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The Best Sugar Cookies

A gluten-free sugar cookie never tasted so good! Crispy edges, chewy center, rolled in sugar and perfect anytime! Easy, Gluten-Free, Egg-Free and Dairy Free optional and YUMMY! Recipe from America's Test Kitchen with adaptions for dairy free and egg free. The version we make most often is with flax egg, dairy free butter and regular cream cheese. Prep Time includes 30 minutes resting the dough. Active Prep Time:15 minutes
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time57 minutes
Course: Dessert, Cookies
Cuisine: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Egg Free Optional
Keyword: best gluten-free sugar cookies, gluten-free sugar cookies, easy gluten-free cookie recipe, easy gluten-free baking
Servings: 24 cookies
Author: Healthy Gluten-free Family

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cup all purpose gluten-free flour with xanthum gum we used GF Jules - affiliate link
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons almond flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 cup cane sugar plus 1/3 cup or less for rolling
  • 3 ounces cream cheese or dairy free cream cheese softened and cut into 8 pieces
  • 8 tablespoons butter or dairy free butter melted and still warm
  • 1 large egg or flax egg 1 tablespoon flax meal and 2 1/2 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • Colored sugar for decorating optional

Instructions

Make dough

  • If using flax egg and you haven't already made it, mix 1 tablespoon flax meal with 2 1/2 tablespoon water and let sit 5 minutes.
  • In a small bowl, whisk flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside
  • In a large mixing bowl, add 1 1/4 cup sugar and cream cheese. Pour melted butter over the sugar and cream cheese and using the whisk attachment, whisk to combine. (some lumps in cream cheese may remain but will smooth out later).
  • Whisk in egg or flax egg and vanilla and combine until smooth.
  • Add flour mixture and using the paddle attachment or stirring by hand, mix dry and wet ingredients together until a soft dough forms.
  • Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll, Decorate and Bake

  • After 30 minutes, Preheat oven to 350 degree F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Place 1/3 cup sugar into a shallow bowl.
  • Divide dough into 24* equal parts(about 1 1/2 tablespoon each).
  • Roll each portion into a ball.
  • One at a time, roll each ball in the bowl of sugar then place back on baking sheet.
  • Using the bottom of a measuring cup, gently press down each ball to be about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Sprinkle with colored sprinkles if using. And gently use the back of the measuring cup to tap down on sprinkles once or twice. This will help them set into the cookie.
  • Bake on the middle rack, one at a time if you have that option, for 10-12 minutes.
  • Cool and Enjoy!
  • Store in air tight container.
  • Cookies freeze well.
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21 thoughts on “The Best Sugar Cookies

  1. Help!! I really want to try these delicious looking cookies, but I hate cream cheese. Yes, I can taste it in any recipe. Can I substitute something else for the cream cheese? Thank you!

    1. Hi! Great question… no, you can’t taste the cream cheese at all… there is just 3 tablespoons for the 24 cookies so the cream cheese just give it a richness in texture and flavor but you don’t taste the cream cheese. I’ve never made it with anything else so I don’t have a good substitution at this time. Let me know if you try.

  2. 5 stars
    These cookies are SO GOOD! My non-gluten free household members devoured them. They were easy to make and can be decorated so many ways.

  3. 5 stars
    These cookies are amazing! You can’t even tell they are gluten free. They taste great and have a nice texture! Will definitely be making these often.

  4. Do you think these would work as cut out cookies for decorating or do you happen to have a recipe for some? I’m a huge GF Jules flour fan and love to find how others are cooking/baking with it!?

  5. My daughter and I have been searching for a GF sugar cookie recipe and this recipe will be on repeat in our house! A perfect combination of crispy and chewy and we love that we will be able to change up the sugar sprinkles for different holidays and events.

  6. 5 stars
    DELICIOUS! My son who isn’t gluten free asked me to make these sugar cookies over the regular sugar cookies. Simple to make. Too easy to finish off in one sitting!

  7. 5 stars
    My grandkids and I made these sugar cookies today and they came out amazing. Kids love them, my husband and son loved them. No one knew they were gluten free and so easy to make. We had a blast baking them.

  8. 5 stars
    I love these sugar cookies and have made them several times. Any idea if they can be made without almond flour? I just had a request for gluten and NUT free cookies for a school event.

  9. Hi there, it’s probably a very easy question. ???? Just curious and just wondering how did you make your sugar sprinkle topping.??? Finally I’m trying to figure out. How are you oh my God got the topping do you just use regular white sugar and use like food colouring and then just mixed together?. to create the colours you want

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