For years, I’ve avoided making sugar cookies because I wasn’t sure how to do it, while keeping nutrition in mind. :) well… that and I think giving sugar to children under two is just absurd. :) :) :)
I finally decided to give it a go this year and dug all around looking for a good recipe. I ended up going with Tropical Traditions recipe, just altering it a smidge. They turned out wonderful and we didn’t feel QUITE so bad eating them. LOL Still a lot of sugar, but way more nutritional value than conventional sugar cookies. Enjoy!
- 1 cup organic coconut flour
- 1 cup Rapadura composted organic cane sugar
- 3/4 cup unbleached flour (preferably not enriched and unbromated)
- 1 cup organic, unsalted butter, softened
- 2 eggs (free-roaming, pasteured is best)
- 1 T organic, pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 1/2 t aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/3 t sea salt
Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda and sa salt and set aside. In mixer, combine Rapadura, butter, vanilla and eggs. Slowly add flour mixture until completely mixed.
Shape into cookies and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
Notes: Buy unbleached, unenriched, unbromated flour if possible. Why would you want “enriched” poorly absorbed synthetic vitamins added to your flour? Those synthetic vitamins also cause gas and bloating, especially in children. Potassium bromate is added to most flours to improve elasticity. Unfortunately it’s also a carcinogen. Look for unbromated.
For the icing…
- 2 1/2 cups organic powdered sugar
- 2 T water
- 2 T organic, unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 t organic, pure vanilla extract
- natural food coloring (optional)
Mix ingredients and adjust water to your liking. We spooned it into the cookies and then used kids paint brushes to smooth it around. Then we sprinkled naturally colored sugar crystals and Sundrops (healthier M&M’s) on top.
Here are some fun photos I took while we were decorating tonight. :)
For the food coloring and sugar crystals, I went with natural brands. My red “Select Food Color” is pure Black Currant Juice Concentrate . The sugar crystals are all made from natural sources: Yellow: Tumeric, Green: Vegetable Juice & Tumeric, Orange: Annatto, Pink: Beet Juice, Blue: Vegetable Juice from a company called India Tree Nature’s Colors.
