My sister is getting married so I wanted to make decorated sugar cookies for her shower. One of the girls that would be attending the shower couldn't have dairy so I found this wonderful dairy free sugar cookie recipe that is actually better than the normal sugar cookie recipe I use.
Sugar Cookie Recipe
1/2 cup of shortening (generic store brand works well)
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup apple juice
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3 1/4 cup of flour
Cream the shortening and sugar in the mixture. Add in the egg, baking powder, salt, and vanilla. Next add in the juice. After mixed well, add in the flour a cup at a time. You may have to mix the last of the flour in by hand.
Flour your rolling surface and rolling pin. Roll the dough out to 1/3 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters in any fun shape (for these I did wedding dresses and wedding cakes).
Bake at 400F for 6-7 minutes. Makes about 36 cookies
Dairy Free Buttercream Icing
1 cup of shortening (use the generic store brand, it works the best)
1 lb powdered sugar
4 Tbsp water
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp butter flavoring (I use the one made by Wilton)
Cream the shortening, water, vanilla, and butter flavoring. After creamed add in the powder sugar a cup at a time. If the icing seems to think add a tsp of water at a time until you get the icing to your desired thickness.
For these cookies, I used the clear vanilla extract so I could get a white buttercream icing for the wedding dress and piping. For the cakes I added pink food coloring gel.
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