Vegan Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar, preferably vegan
• 1/2 cup flour (for dusting)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup canola oil or 1/2 cup safflower oil
• 3 -4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 mix together pastry flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. in another bowl, whisk the applesauce, oil and vanilla together until well combined.
• 2 pour wet ingredients into dry, and stir to mix. then knead them into a dough. you may have to add some more flour or some of the flour, to make it dry enough to roll out properly. (a bit sticky, of course, but not wet.)
• 3 start preheating the oven, 300-350 degrees depending on the heat of your oven- ours is quite hot so i use a slightly lower temperature.
• 4 roll out the dough (around 1/4 inches thickness) and grab some cookie cutters!
• 5 bake on a nonstick or lightly oiled pan for about 10 minutes, till just barely golden brown on the bottom edges. they will be kinda crunchy if you bake them too much longer.
• 6 decorate!