Gluten Free Frosted Animal Cookie
Are they carnivores, herbivores or omNOMNOMivores?
You know how sad it is that my children have never experienced the pure indulgence of biting off the head of a giraffe animal cookie? Then how twisted I thought I might be after I had the thought?
This fact dawned on me the other day, and then that led me down a dunkaroo-craving sized rabbit hole. But that is another post for another day, because turns out I can re-make those gluten-free too but the more important question is should I?
Anyways,
Getting these guys together for the kids school bake sale were my compromise. They held up really well and are a super yummy gluten free version of the classic frosted animal cookies.
And we went with dinosaurs, because well, #boymom.
Check out the recipe and be sure to follow these tips:
Refrigerate dough for no less than two hours initially
Always keep the dough cold/chilled when cutting shapes
Make the cookies 1 day and decorate another to save your sanity, sweetheart.
xoxo,
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makes 3 dozen
INGREDIENTS
===Cookies===
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
⅓ cup sugar
1 egg white
½ teaspoon gluten-free pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon pure almond extract
1 ¼ cups gluten-free flour blend*
⅛ teaspoon salt
===ICING===
1 cup powdered sugar
3 Tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon pure almond extract
food colouring
Sprinkles
INSTRUCTIONS
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg white, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Add in the flour and salt, mixing thoroughly.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Place your chilled cookie dough on a silicone baking mat or a large sheet of parchment paper, cover with a sheet of plastic wrap, and roll the dough to about ¼” thickness using a rolling pin. Place the rolled out dough back in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to chill.
Once the dough is rolled out and chilled, cut into desired shapes and place the cut outs on a baking sheet, working quickly.
Repeat steps 4 & 5, until all the dough is cut out.
Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until just barely starting to brown on the bottom. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Once the cookies are cool, mix all of the icing ingredients together, except for the food colouring. Separate into 3 small, deep bowls. Add two drops of blue food colouring to one bowl, and two drops of food colouring to another bowl, stirring both until colour is fully incorporated.
Dip each cookie into the desired frosting and then add sprinkles on top. Allow the cookies to set completely before eating.