Vegan No-chill Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 22 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup soymilk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f lightly grease baking sheets.
• 2 add oil, baking powder, sugar, soy milk, and extract to a mixing bowl and combine with a whisk.
• 3 stir flour in 1/2 cup at a time with a large spoon. when the dough is too thick to mix any more flour in with the spoon, knead it in with your hands. note: i use silk soy milk. the wet/dry balance of the dough may vary depending on the type and even brand of milk substitute you are using. the dough should form a ball when squeezed together but not be sticky in your hands. as you add flour, knead each 1/2 cup addition in thoroughly and check for this. if it is getting too dry to hold together as a ball, either stop adding flour or add a bit more of your liquid. if it is sticky feeling, you need a little more flour.
• 4 when your dough is done, take a handful of dough, shape it into a ball in your hands, and roll the dough out on a floured surface. if the dough is sticking to the rolling pin, dust the top of the ball of dough with flour before rolling. (if after a while the dough becomes too dry to form a ball after repeated rolling out and dusting with flour, knead 2-3 drops of water into it to get it to form a ball again. ).
• 5 cut into desired shapes. lift shapes with spatula onto lightly greased baking sheets.
• 6 bake for about eight minutes. cookies are done when points are showing the slightest hint of brown, or just before that. use a spatula to loosen cookies from sheets immediately.
• 7 allow cookies to cool and decorate as desired.