Eggless Sugar Cookies Recipe – Sharmis Passions

Eggless Sugar Cookies are crispy cookies with royal icing on top. Sugar Cookies are a treat to the family and commonly made during Christmas. Learn to make Sugar perfectly with step by step pictures.

Yay!! Finally I baked my batch of sugar cookies. In the current state of unscheduled power cuts this is my reaction each time when I bake successfully. I baked 2 batches of sugar cookies and kept it ready for decorating. The next day I decorated them using homemade royal icing and added color sprinkles on top tada sugar cookies are ready

About Eggless Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies are slightly crispy and melt in the mouth cookies with royal icing as topping. These cookies are very easy to make and a treat to eyes too. They look colorful and absolutely tempting especially for kids. For a first timer, it took me quite sometime to decorate these cookies but sure by practice we can get them quicker, easier and sure better.

When I showed these cookies, mittu was awed and loved it saying amma this is for me and just for me. She even started weeping seeing the last 2 cookies then I had to persuade her saying I will make them again for her. And it was the most precious moment to see her enjoy every bite of these cookies.

Eggless Sugar Cookies Ingredients

• Flour – All purpose flour and wheat flour is used for this recipe.
• Butter – Butter at room temperature is used.
• Sugar – Icing sugar is used in these classic cookies. But you can replace it with powdered sugar too.
• Vanilla – Though vanilla essence is optional this gives a mild flavor to the cookies.
• Salt – Use salt if your butter is unsalted, if you are using salted butter then skip salt.

How to make Eggless Sugar Cookies Step by Step

1.Sieve flour, salt, baking powder together and mix it well, Set aside. In a mixing bowl add butter, icing sugar, milk and vanilla essence and whisk it together to form a creamy mixture.

2.Then add the flour mixture and mix well to form a smooth dough. Add 2-3 teaspoon of extra milk if needed. But don’t be tempted to add more milk, just add to bring together to a dough. Just roll the cookies with a chapati roller on a butter paper till just about ¼ inch thickness. Then cut into different shapes with cookie cutters.

3.Take it carefully with a ladle and place it on the tray with butter paper. I refrigerated it for 15 minutes before baking and the cookies didn’t spread much so you can keep it closer as shown in the pic. Meanwhile preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10 minutes then bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown. The cookies will look pale only the edges might have turned golden brown, its the right time to stop. Allow them to cool them in tray itself for few mins, then cool them on wire rack. Once cooled store them in airtight container until you are ready to decorate them.

4.I made the cookies the previous day and decorated them the next day. Now for the icing take a large bowl and add icing sugar, corn flour. Then add milk and lemon juice, mix well to form smooth thick paste.

5.The consistency should be thick but flowing as shown below. Divide the icing into equal portions in different bowls, then add few drops of food colors in each bowl for get the required color. Fill it up in the respective icing bags. You can use butter paper / zip lock bags too for making the cone. But make sure to seal it properly.

6.Just cut the tip of the icing bag to get a fine line for decorating. Be creative and decorate your cookies. I just filled them and sprinkled edible color / silver beads. Let them cool then you can store it in airtight container.

You can enjoy your colorful yummy cookies, I am sure your kids will enjoy it!

Expert Tips

• You can draw a base color then let it dry and draw patters in alternate colors. I was pressed for time so did a simple icing. And I tell you it takes around 2-3 hours for icing alone so prepare ahead.
• You can even sprinkle granulated sugar and bake these cookies as simple sugar cookies.
• If you find cookies uneven in thickness, bake the thicker cookies in a batch and the rest in the next batch.

Serving and Storage

You can store the cookies in room temperature and it keeps well for about 10 days. The cookie dough keeps well for about a month in freezer.

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