Add a little extra kick to the ordinary with these gluten free Spice Sugar Cookies. Perfect for the holiday cookie trays.
I’ve been baking gluten free Rolled Sugar Cookies for years. I love that recipe, and many of you have given it rave reviews as well. I use the recipe year round, just using different cookie cutters for the different times of year. Hearts for Valentine’s, bunnies for Easter – that sort of thing.
But when I saw a local coffee shop offer up Spice Sugar Cookies at their store for fall – I knew I had to create a gluten free version.
I dug out my fall shaped cookie cutters, and went to work.
The dough rolled out beautifully, and held it’s shape pretty well when baking too. I decided to use half butter and half shortening, and I really like the cookie that it created. You could use full butter if you wanted though.
Instead of these autumn shapes, you could always use this Spiced Sugar Cookie recipe to cut out Christmas shapes and just use a regular royal icing to decorate them with. They would be beautiful!
I kept things simple with this recipe – using a simple spiced icing to create some swirls on top of the cookies, but you could go all-out if you want.
We found that the texture of this cookie actually improved on days 2 and on. Fresh from the oven, it is a very fragile cookie. But when you let it age a little, the texture actually does change. And the spices have a chance to meld more as well. So, keep that in mind. They are great to make ahead of time.
If you love these gluten free Spice Sugar Cookies, I think you’ll also love:
- Gluten Free Rolled Sugar Cookies
- Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies (great gingerbread men recipe)
- Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Sandwich Cookies
- Paleo Sugar Cookies
Add a little extra kick to the ordinary with these gluten free Spice Sugar Cookies. Perfect for the holiday cookie trays. Cookies: Icing: We found that the texture of this cookie actually improved on days 2 and on. Fresh from the oven, it is a very fragile cookie. But when you let it age a little, the texture actually does change. And the spices have a chance to meld more as well. So, keep that in mind. They are great to make ahead of time.Gluten Free Spice Sugar Cookies
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Barb says
Do you dip your measuring cups into the flour or spoon in and level off? Makes a big difference.
Jeanine says
Hi Barb, I’m a scooper. 🙂
Barb says
It would be good to mention the way you measure flour as so many books and blogs emphasize spooning and leveling off.
Linda Hermann says
Flour measurements in grams would cut all the fuss 🙂
Thanks for working out so many “doable” recipes.
Jeanine says
Would grams actually help? I don’t see many bloggers including it. I could add it, just takes more time to figure, but I could.
Jeanne says
Jeanine, these cookies are beautiful! I’m not sure if I could change the recipe to make them with paleo flour though. Our daughter is now on a semi paleo diet, since she can no longer tolerate rice and other usual gluten free flours. It’s easier to bake one kind of thing for both of us.
I hope you’re doing well!
Jeanine says
Thanks, Jeanne! We’re doing well! I would add the spices to the Paleo Sugar Cookies recipe I linked to above, I’m sure adding some spices wouldn’t change the results of the cookie – should work!
Tilly says
What brand brown rice flour do you use. I generally stay away from rice flours because of the grainy texture, These look yummy!
Jeanine says
I use Bob Red Mill’s. I think it has a lot to do with how things are combined as to the texture. I’ve also heard that you can let your dough/batter sit for 30 minutes before baking, and that will help with grittiness.
Lynn A Zeddies says
Thank you! Thank you for this recipe. I tried last year to make our family favorite cookie with one to one gluten free flour and it was a failure! Took this recipe and tweaked a bit, especially the spices, and I have a perfect gluten free version of my favorite Christmas cookie recipe!
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Jeanine Friesen says
That’s awesome, Lynn! So glad that you were able to tweak it and make it like your traditional cookie. Perfect! They look great!