Pour some sugar on me…
Greetings Glutards! Welcome to a week long cookie extravaganza. We all know that no holiday party is complete without an array of delicious cookie creations. Sadly, almost every type of classic Christmas cookie is loaded with gluten. I figured it was time to grab our mixers and fight back. Our first assignment: Sugar Cookies.
Now for my sugar cookies, I actually just bought Pamela’s Sugar Cookie Mix. Did I totally phone this in? Of course not! I added some food coloring to give them that holiday cheer. Seriously, I’m no baker and I was under the weather. What do you people want from me?
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 1 Bag of Pamela’s Sugar Cookie Mix
- 8 TBSP (1 stick) of butter or butter alternative
- 1 Large egg
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Red & green food coloring
- Parchment paper
Here’s how ya do:
Start off with preheating your oven to 350 degrees. You’ll need that later. Throw your stick of butter into the bowl of your stand mixer or just any old Ikea mixing bowl. Soften the butter with the mixer. This step actually broke my hand mixer. Oops… That’s why you don’t by the $6.99 Rival variety.
When the butter is softened, throw in your Pamela’s mix and the 1 lonely egg. Mix it all up until a soft dough comes together.
At this point, I separated the dough evenly into 2 bowls. I did this because I added 2 different food colorings into my dough. Fancy. If you’d like to do this, all it takes is about 3-5 drops of red and green food coloring to be added to the separate bowls. Mix the food coloring into the dough so it pigments the entire thing.
Scoop out about a tablespoons worth of dough and roll it into a ball. Place the dough balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Trust me, the parchment makes your cookies so much easier to remove later. Thanks for the tip, Mom!
Dip the flat bottom of a glass in some water and then into your granulated sugar. Use the sugar coated glass to flatten your cookies. The sugar will stick to the cookie and give them an extra sweet sparkle when they bake.
Place the cookies into your 350 degree oven for about 8-12 minutes. You want to keep an eye on them and look for the edges to brown. That’s when you’ll know they are ready, baby.
Remove the cookies from the oven and place on a cooling rack or some Dollar Store paper towels. Always work with whatcha got! Allow the cookies to cool before storing.
And that’s it! So simple even I can do it. Thanks Pamela, you have really saved the day!
Make these. Go wild. Have fun! Let me know what you think. 
Glutardedly Yours,
~Tim
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