These soft, buttery vegan sugar cookies easily come together with just 6 ingredients and bake into beautifully sweet, thick and chewy cut-out sugar cookies!

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Ready in 60 minutes. 

Makes 32 cookies

Source: The Banana Diaries: www.bananadiaries.com

Purposefully Plant-Based

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Ingredients

• ¾ cup unsalted vegan butter (room temp)

• 1 ½ cups powdered sugar

• ⅓ cup dairy free yogurt (room temp)

• 2 tsp. vanilla extract

• 2 ½ cups all purpose flour

• ½ tsp. baking powder

• ⅛ tsp. salt (omit if using salted butter)

• If making angels or gingerbread people, use 1 tsp. cinnamon and 4 tsp. cocoa powder in some of the dough to reflect the colors of humanity

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​​Steps

1. Mix: in a large bowl, cream together the vegan butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy (3 min.) Add the yogurt and vanilla and mix until incorporated.

2. Fold: sift in the flour and baking powder gently with a rubber spatula.

3. Chill: form into a flat disc, and wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper or butter.

4. Shape: lightly flour a clean surface and following pin.  Soften the dough for 10 minutes. Roll out to ¼ inch thick and cut out desired shapes. Use a thin spatula to transfer cut-outs to the pan. Chill the cookie sheet in the freezer while the oven preheats *

5. Bake: Preheat oven to 350. Bake for 12 minutes or until edges just begin to turn golden.

 

Tips: 

 *Decorate with “egg” wash and sprinkles before baking. (Egg wash is ½ egg plus ½ c water brushed on cookies before adding sprinkles and decorations. “Egg from Plants” is a great egg substitute.  

OR frost cookies with vegan icing after cooling.

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