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Grain-free Christmas Cutout Cookies

  • Author: Jessi Heggan
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 10
  • Total Time: 3 hours (includes chilling time)
  • Yield: 16 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven

Ingredients

Scale

Cookies

  • 2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Paleo Baking Flour
  • 3 Tbsp coconut sugar
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¾ cup palm shortening
  • 2 eggs

Royal Icing

  • 2 pastured egg whites
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3.5 cups organic powdered sugar, sifted

Instructions

  1. Add the flour, coconut sugar, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon, vanilla and palm shortening in a food processor and pulse to combine.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time and pulse until the dough begins to form in a ball.
  3. Place the ball of dough on a sheet of plastic wrap and shape in to a large disc and then wrap. Let set in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours or overnight.
  4. Preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  5. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough until it is about an inch thick and cut in to assorted shapes with cookie cutters.
  6. You can combine the extra dough back in to a disk and roll back out again until all of it is cut into desired cookie shapes.
  7. Place on baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes and then cool on a rack.
  8. In a large bowl or stand mixer add the egg whites, lemon and vanilla and beat until frothy, approximately 30-45 seconds.
  9. Add the sifted powdered sugar ½ cup at a time and mix on medium-high speed until mixture forms slightly stiff peeks and becomes glossy.
  10. You can use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Notes

  • This cookie dough is a great make-ahead batter. You can refrigerate it overnight and roll it out in the next day.
  • I would not recommend rolling the dough out too thin because it breaks easily when thin.
  • If the Royal Icing appears to be too thin you can add powdered sugar until it reaches your desired consistency. This one is spreadable and also able to pipe (not flooding consistency)

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