Eggless Sugar Cookies made with Cream Cheese
These no-egg sugar cookies are buttery, with a melt-in-your-mouth center, and great vanilla flavor. The cream cheese in the recipe adds a hint of tart. Top with a vegan royal icing (recipe included below), or your favorite frosting.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 130kcal
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Cooling rack
- Mixer/hand mixer
- Cookie cutter
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup butter
- 4 oz cream cheese
Instructions
- Sift together salt, baking powder and flour.
- Cream together butter and sugar in a mixer. Once butter is lighter in the shade and fluffy, add in cream cheese, and extracts. Mix to combine.
- Beat in dry ingredients 1 cup at a time. Dough will pull away from bowl into a ball. The dough should not be too wet or it will spread when baking. If the dough seems too wet, add 1/8 – 1/4 of flour at a time until it reaches the right consistency. It should be similar to Play doh. Do not over mix.
- Separate dough into two balls and wrap each or place in the container to chill. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
- Take the dough out of the fridge and roll out to 1/4 inch and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Place on baking sheet and place in the fridge or freezer while the oven preheats. Preheat oven to 360F.
- Once the oven is ready, bake for 9-12 minutes dependent on your preference. I let mine go to 12 because I like a little crispiness at the edges. If you want softer, take out at 9 minutes.
- Let cool and decorate with frosting or icing as you wish. For vegan royal icing, I used the ingredients listed above and beat together in a mixer for 5-7 minutes until it thickened. Depending on the type of decorating you are doing, you may need to add water (1 tsp at a time)to get the consistency you need.
Notes
Vegan royal icing recipe in body of blog post. Recipe card will be updated.
Can decorate with sprinkles, sugar or even add sprinkles in the dough as an alternative to vegan royal icing.
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 84mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 241IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg