Happy Saturday, friends! It?s been a while since I posted a recipe on the weekend, but many of you seemed eager for these festive cookies after I gave a few sneak peeks on Insta Stories. I figured since I had the recipe all tested and ready, why wait until Monday to share" No one should have to wait for Valentine?s (or Galentine?s) Day dessert, I say! Plus, if snow is keeping you at home this weekend, these are a fun treat to whip up with the family indoors. My kiddos love cutting shapes into the dough and piping frosting into their mouths onto the cookies?they also know how to have a hoot with those sprinkles, as you might notice in the very last photo below!
I first started testing vegan sugar cookies several years ago, but I never quite landed on a final recipe that I was perfectly happy with. I recently had a couple requests for cut-out cookies leading up to Valentine?s Day, so I dug up my previous trials (thank you, Google Docs!!), and started again. Well, as it turned out, I didn?t end up using my old notes one bit. I did a complete 180, using my trusted Gluten-Free Vegan Graham Cracker recipe as a base. After some major recipe tweaking, I?m excited to finally have a go-to vegan sugar cookie recipe in my repertoire. This version is so much more wholesome than my previous attempts, too! #winning I like to use a combination of almond flour and light spelt flour in this recipe?almond flour yields a tender crumb and lends the cookies a boost of moisture and buttery ...