Marbled Christmas Sugar Cookies (gluten free, low sugar)
These gorgeous and whole sugar cookies are a must for your holiday baking! They're naturally dyed, and the marble affect is way easier than you'd think, too! These cookies are totally gluten free, have a dairy free option, and are low sugar, too!
20 minutes
12 minutes
Difficulty:
Intermediate
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| This is our estimate based on online research. | |
| Calories: | 84 |
| Fat: | 8 g |
| Carbohydrates: | 2 g |
| Protein: | 3 g |
| Cholesterol: | 10 g |
| Sodium: | 69 mg |
| Fiber: | 1 g |
| Sugars: | 1 g |
| Calculated per serving. | |
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- .25 cup.25 cup.25 cup Unsalted Butter, Softened, or ghee, or vegan butter
- 2 Tbsp2 Tbsp2 Tbsp Coconut Oil, Softened
- .25 cup.25 cup.25 cup Swerve Granular (sugar substitute), +2 tbsp Or organic cane sugar
- 1 whole1 whole1 whole Egg
- 1 tsp1 tsp1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- .25 tsp.25 tsp.25 tsp Almond Extract
- 1 cup1 cup1 cup Almond Flour, +2 tbsp
- .25 cup.25 cup.25 cup Coconut Flour
- .25 tsp.25 tsp.25 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 pinch1 pinch1 pinch Sea Salt
- 1.5 cup1.5 cup1.5 cup Swerve Confectioners (powdered), Or organic powdered sugar
- 2.5 Tbsp2.5 Tbsp2.5 Tbsp Almond Milk, Any milk should work
- 1 pinch1 pinch1 pinch Artificial Dye-Free Food Coloring
Royal icing
Process
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
- Beat butter, coconut oil, and sugar together
- Add egg & extracts and beat again
- Add remaining ingredients until smooth
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half hour
- Dust a surface with coconut flour and roll out dough
- Use cookie cutters of choice to cut your dough, then place cookies on parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Freeze for 10 min
- Then bake at 325 for 12-13 minutes. Allow to cool several minutes on baking sheet, then move to cooling rack
- Prepare icing by whipping sugar and milk together until smooth
- Divide into 3 bowls. Add natural green dye to one bowl & natural red dye to another bowl (Watkins or go supernatural are good brands)
- In a bowl add your plain icing, then drizzle red and green. Swirl together with a toothpick lightly (alternatively you can use just green and white as seen in half the cookies)
- Dip sugar cookie in icing, then lift straight up and allow excess to drip off for 10-15 minutes
- Quickly flip over and place on cooling rack
- Refrigerate for icing to set
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