Printable Soft Almond Flour Sugar Cookies Recipe Card
These almond flour sugar cookies are pillowy soft and reminiscent of the cookies your grandmother makes for the holidays. Feel free to print or save this recipe card for easy reference while shopping for ingredients or making these cookies.
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 120kcal
Ingredients
For cookies:
- ¼ cup vegan butter melted
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 190 grams almond flour about 2 cups
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
For glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vegan butter very soft
- 1 Tablespoon almond milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Make cookie dough:
- In a large bowl, add melted butter, maple syrup, coconut sugar, vanilla extract, and egg. Whisk until fully mixed.
- Use the digital scale to measure the almond flour. This is important to make sure you get exactly the right amount of flour. In a medium bowl, add almond flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, and salt. Mix until fully combined.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing with a sturdy spoon until combined. This should take about one minute.
- Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. This helps the melted butter set and lets the ingredients begin to combine more fully.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176 degrees Celsius). Line the cookie sheets with parchment paper or spray a little cookie spray on them.
- Take the cookie dough out of the refrigerator. Use the tablespoon-sized cookie scoop to transfer scoops of dough onto the cookie sheets. Flatten the tops of the scoops slightly, but don’t overdo it; they will flatten the rest of the way as they bake.
- Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes until the outsides are a light golden brown.
- Remove cookie sheets from the oven and let them cool slightly. Then use a flat metal spatula to transfer the cookies to the wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Replace the parchment paper or reapply the cooking spray on the baking sheets as necessary. Transfer more scoops of dough onto the baking sheets and bake for 12 minutes. Then transfer the cookies to the cooling rack. Repeat until the dough is gone.
Prepare glaze
- In a medium bowl, add the powdered sugar, soft butter, and almond milk. Mix with a sturdy spoon until completely mixed. Add vanilla extract and finish mixing.
- Optional: Add a few drops of your favorite food coloring when you add the vanilla extract.
- Add glaze to a resealable plastic bag. Seal and cut off a small tip of the edge of the bag.
- Pipe a drizzle of glaze across each cooled cookie.
Nutrition
Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 132mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 163IU | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
