Skinny Cut Out Sugar Cookies
Cut Out Sugar Cookies are a staple this time of year. Every holiday season my kids and I enjoy rolling out sugar cookie dough, stealing bites of the buttery dough, pressing our favorite holiday shapes into the dough and then baking up the yummy cookies. Considering I have such difficulty keeping my hands out of the cookie jar; I’ve been wanting to create Skinny Cut Out Sugar Cookies, that are still buttery delicious, for quite some time. This is not an easy feat, but this year I’ve totally done it!
I’m going to be very honest with you. These sugar cookies are very delicious and kid-approved, but they have a little bit of a different texture than your typical butter-filled sugar cookie. However, if you’re looking for a lighter, vegan sugar cookie that is made with all clean ingredients – icing included, give these skinny cut out sugar cookies a try.
Skinny Cut Out Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour + 1-2 tablespoons more, as needed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the icing:
- 1 cup raw cashews, soaked in water for a few hours or overnight
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 cup almond milk, or other milk, may need a few tablespoons more of almond milk for consistency
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
- If the dough is wet and sticky, knead in additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time until you have a soft dough that is not sticky. If dough is too dry, add a little more oil. (I did not need to add additional flour or oil)
- Roll dough out, on a floured surface, to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters. Continue this process- rerolling out dough and cutting with cookie cutters, until you have used up all of the dough.
- Transfer cookies to a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for about 8-12 minutes.
- While cookies are baking, blend all icing ingredients in a blender or food processor. Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating them with icing.
Notes
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I don’t have whole wheat pastry flour , can I substitute regular pastry flour??
Yes
What can I use instead of coconut oil?
Olive oil or any other cooking oil would work. You can also use melted butter, which I’m sure would be fabulous. Another replacement for oil is applesauce, but I can’t guarantee results with this. Good luck!
I’ve been soaking the cashews in water for 2 hours. I’m making tonight so I won’t be soaking overnight. About how long do you soak them for and how do you know when they are ready? I’m soaking for one more hour so total 3 hours soaked. Thanks for your previous reply. I can’t wait to make these. 🙂
They look so good!
AWWW!! This looks amazing! Seriously I am so excited for Christmas time! …just added some Christmas playlists to my Spotify account! So happy!
They came out so cute! I like to offer one or two slightly healthier options for my holiday baking. 🙂 But I can’t make any promises as to which ones I’ll *really* be eating when Christmas rolls around 😉 hehe. Thanks for sharing!
These look amazing! I’ve been looking for some healthy holiday treats to share with friends and family, and these look perfect!
I really need to look for some coconut oil here in Kuwait. I never realized how much of an every week staple it was in our home – especially when baking. Do you know if these cookies freeze well incase either myself or someone else would want to bake them in bulk for the holiday season?
This skinny sugar cookie recipe is exactly what I’ve been looking for for the upcoming holiday baking season! Thank you so much, Kim. Pinning!