20+ Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies: Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Learn how to make the best gluten-free Christmas cookies with this easy gluten free cut out cookie recipe. They are soft, easy to roll out, hold their shape with baking and taste amazing. Or, try one of the other gluten-free Christmas cookie recipes from the collection shared!

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 12

chilling 1

Total Time 1 22

Servings

Author Melissa Erdelac

Ingredients

1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
½ cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter, softened
1 (1) large egg, room temperature
1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) milk (or dairy-free)
2 teaspoons (2 teaspoons) vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon (¼ teaspoon ) salt, (omit if butter is salted)
2 cups (272 g) gluten-free all purpose flour

Instructions

In a large bowl cream together the sugar and butter until very light and fluffy. This should take about 3 minutes for mixture to be fully creamed.
1 cup granulated sugar, ½ cup unsalted butter,
Add the egg, milk, vanilla, and salt to the butter / sugar mixture. Beat again until very well combined. It may look separated and curdled at first, but as it beats longer it will blend together smoothly.
1 large egg,, 1 tablespoon milk (or dairy-free), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, ¼ teaspoon salt,
Add the flour and beat at low speed until combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or freeze for 30 minutes. The dough should be very cold throughout.
2 cups gluten-free all purpose flour
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper for best results. Otherwise, leave baking sheets ungreased. Set aside.
Sprinkle gluten-free flour onto a rolling surface or silicone mat. Use half the cold dough and roll out to about 1/4" thickness. Cut out the dough with cookie cutters and use a spatula to transfer the cut out cookies to prepared baking sheets. Repeat with all the remaining dough. TIP: If you plan on baking the cookies at the same time, store the baking sheets with cut out cookies in the refrigerator until ready to bake. Warmed dough spreads more during baking.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until cookies are set. Let the cookies cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. After cookies have cooled, decorate with my favorite sugar cookie icing. Store in airtight container up to 3 days.

Notes

Expert Tips and Tricks

The dough can be made up to 1 day ahead of time and store covered in the refrigerator.
Make sure the dough is very cold before cutting out the cookies. This helps them hold their shape during baking.
If you plan on cutting out all the cookies first, store the baking sheets holding pre-baked gluten free cookies in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
For quicker chilling freeze the dough for 30 minutes. Remove from the freezer before the dough freezes completely.
Alternatively use powdered sugar in place of using additional gluten free flour to prevent dough from sticking to the surface when rolling out dough.

Freezing Gluten-Free Cookies

Freezing Baked Sugar Cookies:

Make gluten-free sugar cookie recipe as directed, cooling completely. Cookies may be frozen either unfrosted or with frosting.

If cookies are frosted, make sure the icing has set before stacking. Place cookies in a large airtight container, wrap the container with plastic wrap, and freeze up to 2 months.

Allow cookies to thaw one hour at room temperature before frosting or serving.

Freezing Unbaked Sugar Cookies:

Prepare the cut out cookie dough as directed. When it is time to chill the dough, transfer it to a freezer ziplock bag, squeezing out any excess air. Freeze up to 2 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight before rolling and cutting out.

Alternatively, roll out the cookie dough and cut out cookies as directed. Place cookies on parchment paper lined baking sheets and transfer baking pans to freezer.

Once the cookies have hardened, carefully remove them from the parchment and stack in freezer ziplock bags. Freeze, laying flat, up to 2 months. When ready to bake, transfer back to lined baking sheets. Bake from frozen, adding 2-3 minutes to baking time.

Recipe adapted from MOMables

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