gluten-free sugar cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• cookies:
• 2 1/2 cups gluten-free flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• icing:
• 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs


• whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. beat white sugar, 3/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until mixture is smooth. mix butter mixture into flour mixture and form dough into a ball. wrap ball with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• roll dough a lightly floured surface and cut into shapes using cookie cutters. arrange cookies on a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to brown, about 10 minutes. cool cookies on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. slowly beat confectioners' sugar into cream cheese mixture until icing is smooth; spread cooled cookies.