Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Servings 24 cookies
These dairy free Grinch cookies are soft, green sugar cookies with just a hint of peppermint and a festive red heart center. They're easy to make from scratch with no decorating skills required - perfect for holiday baking with kids.
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (300g)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar (60g)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup dairy free butter (2 sticks)
- ¾ cup sugar (150g)
- 1 large egg (50g)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Green food coloring
- Yellow food coloring
- Red heart quins
Mise en place. Preheat your oven to 375˚F (190˚C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Then, gather and measure all of your ingredients before starting.
Prep your dry ingredients. In a medium bowl (not the one you're going to mix the dough in), whisk the flour, baking powder, and powdered sugar. Make sure everything is evenly distributed before setting the bowl aside.
Mix the wet ingredients. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the shortening and sugar until combined and fluffy - about 1 minute. Next, add the egg, vanilla and peppermint extract. go in next. Mix only until the egg is incorporated - being careful not to over mix.
Finish the dough. Gradually add the flour mixture, about ½ - ¾ cup at a time. Keep adding and mixing until a dough forms, then add the food coloring and mix until the dough is a uniform color.
Scoop and bake. Using a small cookie scoop, drop dough onto cookie sheet about an inch or so apart. Top each cookie with a heart quin.Bake cookies for 10 - 12 minutes or until cookies have spread and dough is set. Remove from oven and allow the cookies to rest for several minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
Serving: 1cookie Calories: 152kcal Carbohydrates: 19g Protein: 2g Fat: 8g Trans Fat: 0.001g Cholesterol: 8mg Sodium: 92mg Fiber: 0.4g Sugar: 9g