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Almond Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Dough Chilling Time2 hours
Servings: 24
Calories: 108kcal

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups almond flour
  • ½ cups all-purpose flour (or your favorite gluten-free alternative)
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoon liquid egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract

Icing Ingredients:

  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk of your choice
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • food coloring

Instructions

Make the Dough

  • In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, flour (or gluten-free substitute), baking soda and salt.
  • In a second bowl, whisk together the melted butter, maple syrup, egg white and almond extract.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry almond/flour mixture. Stir wet and dry ingredients with a spatula or spoon until fully incorporated.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill the dough for at least 2 hours.

Roll, Cut and Bake the Cookies

  • Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Take the dough out of the fridge and turn it out of the bowl onto a floured surface. (You might need to knead more flour into the dough to get it to a roll-able consistency.)
  • Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to about ¼-inch thickness.
  • Use cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Use a large spatula to gently transfer the cookie dough shapes to the baking sheet.
  • Gather up the dough scraps, ball them up, and re-roll. Use cookie cutters to cut more shapes. Repeat this process until you've used up all the dough.
  • Bake each baking sheet full of cookies for about 7 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Your oven might run at a slightly higher or lower temperature, so you might need to bake a little less time or a little more time. Baking time will also vary based on how thick or large the cookies are. Cookies bake FAST, so keep an eye on them.
  • When the cookies first come out of the oven, they'll be very soft and easy to break. Don't try to move them or touch them -- let them sit on the baking sheet and cool for 5 minutes. Then, use a spatula to transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.

Ice & Decorate the Cookies

  • In a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, confectioner's sugar, almond extract and milk.
  • Add a few drops of food coloring, if you wish to.
  • Use a small spatula or a dull knife to spread the icing on top of the cookies.
  • Add some sprinkles if you want -- be sure to add the sprinkles quickly, before the icing hardens.

Notes

Each cookie has 68 calories without the icing; icing adds 41 calories per cookie due to the sugar (you might try a sugar-free powdered sugar substitute if you wish.)