Gluten Free Christmas Sugar Cookies

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"These cookies are very yummy and gluten free"

Prep Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 43 mins

Yield: 36 cookies

                                                                                                             

About This Recipe

These cookies are very yummy and lots of fun to make and decorate. They are crisp on the outside and a little soft on the inside. I like making them with colored sugar or shaking a little powdered sugar on top.

They keep very well in a sealed container. Last year I made them to take up to my cottage on our week of holidays. Everyone loved them!                                

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
• 1 eggs or 1/4 cup liquid egg substitute
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/4 cup potato starch, for kneading

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Have on hand 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
2. In a small bowl, whish together the flour mix, baking powder, xanthan gum, and salt. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of your mixer, cream sugar and crisco. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients, mixing enough to combine. The dough will be a soft ball. With your hands, knead in enough of the potato starch to make the dough easy to handle and roll out.
4. Using about half at a time, place a piece of plastic wrap over the ball and roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness.
5. Cut into desired shapes and place on pan.
6. Decorate with coloured sugars before baking or use frosting to decorate after baking.
7. (With this dough, you can use all the scraps.) Just scrape them together and roll out again. They wont get tough.
8. Bake for about 13 minutes. Cool very slightly before removing from the pan.

By GlutenFreeGirl - http://www.food.com/recipe/gluten-free-dutch-sugar-cookies-183003