• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

A Little Insanity

Gluten Free Recipes for Special Diets & Allergies

  • Home
  • Recipes
  • What’s in My Kitchen?
  • Blog
    • DIY Projects
    • Family & Home
    • Free Printables
    • Reviews
  • About
    • About Shannon
    • FAQ’s
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
    • Let’s Work Together
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Gluten Free Butter Cookie Recipe with Vegan Options

By alittleinsanity 9 Comments

280 shares
  • Share90
  • Tweet
  • Yum
Jump to Recipe

Gluten Free Butter Cookie Recipe with Vegan OptionsThis traditional Gluten Free Butter Cookie Recipe has a special place in my heart because it was passed down to me by my Grandma. She made them with us every Christmas and we would decorate them to our hearts content. I love how something as simple as a cookie can be tied to so many wonderful memories.

Although my Grandma’s recipe wasn’t gluten free, I’ve posted the original recipe below, with my suggested modifications for making it Gluten Free and/or Vegan. Please feel free to swap out ingredients depending on your dietary needs.

The best thing about this recipe is how fun it is! It rolls out beautifully & can be used with cookie cutters to make every kind of shape. Plus, you can decorate them before & after baking for unlimited design possibilities. I hope these cookies bring you many wonderful memories with your own family! =)

Traditional Butter Cookie Recipe - Gluten Free & Vegan

Here are the Tools & Ingredients used in this Recipe:


Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Gluten Free Butter Cookie Recipe with Vegan Options

★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
  • Author: A Little Insanity - Erika
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: Approx. 3 Doz.
  • Category: Gluten Free
  • Cuisine: Dessert
Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

Description

Here’s my Grandma’s Traditional Gluten Free Butter Cookie Recipe with Vegan Options. It’s perfect for cutting out shapes, decorating Holiday cookies & having fun!


Ingredients

Scale

DRY INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 2/3 Cups Erika’s Gluten Free Flour Mix (my grandma used regular all purpose flour in her original recipe)
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

WET INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 Cup Butter or 3/4 Cup Butter Alternative (such as Melt)
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg or 1/4 Cup Applesauce
  • 2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract

OPTIONAL (if you don’t use real butter, this will add to the ‘butter’ flavor):

  • Scant 1/8 Teaspoons Natural Vegan Butter Flavor Concentrate (made without Diacetyl) – This is approximately 5-8 drops.

OTHER:

  • Extra Tapioca Flour (aka Tapioca Starch) for Dusting & Rolling

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together Dry Ingredients & Set-Aside.
  2. In a medium bow (or the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment ), Cream Butter using Beaters, then gradually add in Sugar until well mixed.
  3. Add Applesauce, Vanilla & Butter Flavor (if desired), and Beat well.
  4. Gradually Mix in Flour.
  5. Chill for 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 375°
  7. Roll and shape into cookies – using Tapioca Starch to dust surface as necessary.
  8. Decorate with baking candies if desired.
  9. Bake for 7-10 minutes. Do not let cookies brown.
  10. Remove from oven and let cool completely on cooling rack before icing/decorating.
  11. Store in airtight container.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Cookie
  • Calories: 130

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @aLittleInsanity on Instagram and hashtag it #aLittleInsanity

Gluten Free Vegan Christmas Cookies

Gluten Free Butter Cookie Recipe with Vegan Options

A Little Note About Butter Flavoring:  My greatest challenge was how to make a Butter Cookie Recipe butter free & still taste buttery! In my search for natural butter flavorings, I found that all of them are extracted chemically using Diacetyl (known to have serious health side effects)… All except this one by Nature’s Flavors. Its an Organic Butter Flavor Concentrate made Without Diacetyl that’s also Vegan, Gluten Free, Kosher & Certified Organic. It’s optional in the recipe, but a great alternative for a little bit more ‘butter’ flavor if you need it. This is not a paid or sponsored post for them, just wanted to pass on a great resource for Natural Flavors & Dye Free options. =)

Related

280 shares
  • Share90
  • Tweet
  • Yum

Filed Under: Birthdays & Parties, Casein Free, Dairy Free, Dessert, Egg Free, Gluten Free, No Artificial Colors, Nut Free, Recipes, Recipes by Meal Type, Recipes by Special Diet, Recipes for Meal Planning, Stand Mixer, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: dairy free, dessert, dye free, egg free, gluten free, homemade, kids, vegan, vegetarian, vitamix recipes, wheat free

Previous Post: « Building a Wardrobe Capsule with Help from Stitch Fix
Next Post: EASY Gluten Free & Vegan Pumpkin Scone Recipe – Starbucks Copycat »

Reader Interactions

Full Privacy Policy & Affiliate Disclosure

This site does incorporate paid advertising and affiliate links.  Erika is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

Comments

  1. Michelle

    December 22, 2016 at 4:45 pm

    Hello – I am having trouble with the sugar cookies breaking. Should I leave them on the cookie sheet longer before moving them to a cooling rack? LOVE the taste of this butter cookie!!

    Reply
    • Erika

      February 8, 2017 at 10:24 am

      Hi Michelle! These are a pretty hearty cookie & shouldn’t be breaking… so I would suggest letting them rest a bit on the tray before transferring them to a cooling rack. Or, you might be rolling them just a little too thin. Hope that helps! =) God Bless! ~Erika

  2. Tina

    April 30, 2017 at 1:32 am

    Could i replace the tapioca starch with something else?

    Reply
    • Erika

      May 17, 2017 at 7:46 am

      Hi Tina, You could use cornstarch if your diet permits that. =) Enjoy & God Bless! ~Erika

  3. Emily Millikan

    December 26, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Hello! Do you think a storebought GF flour blend would work? I have a tiny, tiny kitchen and don’t bake much, but these are my favorite holiday cookies!

    Reply
    • Lindsay Petermeier

      December 19, 2020 at 6:33 am

      Yes, I made with Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 GF Baking Flour and they turned out great! I also used the same flour to dust surfaces instead of the tapioca.

      ★★★★★

  4. Vivian

    January 4, 2019 at 2:59 pm

    Can I replace the flour mix with tapioca flour?

    Reply
  5. Danny Greet

    February 12, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Real easy, great taste, used 1/2 canna butter half normal
    Non dairy, thank you, will Defo do these again

    ★★★★★

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆

Primary Sidebar

Hi! I'm Shannon. Newlywed, Serial Immigrant, Recipe Creator, Theater Enthusiast... Here you'll find my collection of Gluten Free Recipes, many of which are adaptable for many Special Diets including: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Vegan & more, using Whole Food Ingredients whenever possible.

Footer

Instagram did not return a 200.

About Shannon

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Newlywed, Serial Immigrant, Recipe Creator, Theatre Enthusiast... Most likely to be found in the Kitchen licking the beaters.

Let's Work Together →

Popular Recipes

Soft Gluten Free Sandwich Bread Recipe

740 Comments

The BEST All Purpose Gluten Free Flour Mix Recipe

459 Comments

Soft Gluten Free Vegan Bread Recipe

251 Comments

Privacy Policy
COPYRIGHT © 2019 · A LITTLE INSANITY