Lofthouse-Style Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies (Allergy-Free)

Name: Lofthouse-Style Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies (Allergy-Free)
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 12-14
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the Sugar Cookies:; 2 1/2 Cups Gluten-Free Baking Flour; 1 Cup Erythritol (or preferred granulated sweetener); 1 Tsp Baking Powder; 1 Prepared Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacement; 1 Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract; 1 Stick Vegan/Soy-Free Butter (softened); 3/4 Cup Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk; For the Frosting:; 4 Cups Confectioner Erythritol (or preferred powdered sugar); 1 Stick Vegan/Soy-Free Butter (softened); 1/2 Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract; Choice of ColorKitchen Natural Food Dyes; ColorKitchen Natural Rainbow Sprinkles

November 26, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 68 Comments

Everyone loves a light, buttery, and cakey Lofthouse sugar cookie! These Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies are allergy-free, kid-friendly, with naturally colored sugar-free frosting, and a healthier copycat recipe for homemade Lofthouse cookies! From holiday desserts to birthday celebrations, you’ll be addicted!

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Sure, you could make classic cut-out sugar cookies for decorating, but no one can pass up one of the soft, cake-like, frosted gems that have been gracing grocery store shelves since 1994 from Lofthouse! Like a cake and a cookie all baked up into one delicious buttery, sweet, colorfully frosted treat! Can you still have this classic cookie even if you’re gluten-free, vegan, or have food allergies? Sure you can! With this easy copycat homemade version of the classic soft-baked frosted cookie, you’ll never have to miss out again!

Are these soft frosted gluten-free vegan sugar cookies to good to be true?

These soft frosted sugar cookies are begging to get the Strength and Sunshine treatment! A personal favorite cookie; if I were to have a sugar cookie, I’d want it to be Lofthouse-style! Whether you have celiac disease, food allergies, or happen to be vegan, you still deserve a good soft frosted sugar cookie during the holidays or when you need to celebrate those little moments in life (or when you just have the craving!) These cookies are gluten-free, vegan, sugar-free, dye-free, and top 8 allergy-free! No dairy, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, wheat, shellfish, fish, or sesame!

What are the ingredients in these soft frosted sugar cookies?

Luckily, we have iHerb to thank for quickly shipping us these free-from ingredients for the cookies! With over 5000 grocery products, many of which cater to our special dietary needs, and with shipping capabilities to over 150 countries, you’ll have no problem baking these cookies up for your next celebration! All simple ingredients, only 10 in total! For the soft cake-like sugar cookies: Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten-Free Baking Flour, Bob’s Red Mill Baking Powder, Granulated Swerve sweetener, vanilla extract, Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer, vegan/soy-free butter, and non-dairy milk! For the sweet dairy-free buttercream frosting: Confectioner Swerve sweetener, more vegan/soy-free butter, vanilla extract and then ColorKitchen’s natural food dyes and natural sprinkles!

Are these Lofthouse-style sugar cookies easy to bake?

They sure are! Simple ingredients and simple baking instructions! You just need to whip up your cookie dough, kneading the dough with your hands for these cookies! Forming about 12-14 (1 to 2 tablespoons each) cookie balls. Spacing them out on your baking sheet (I used two cookie sheets, as these cookies will spread out a bit), and baking them in the oven at 350°F for just 12 minutes! Cook them too long and they won’t be soft and cakey sugar cookies! You’ll need to let them cool completely on a wire rack which is the perfect time to whip up your frosting and choosing the colors you want your frosting to be! I divided the frosting in half between two bowls and used pink and blue for colors.

How do you decorate these frosted soft sugar cookies?

Now, you can frost the cookies by using a pastry bag, but again, let’s keep these cookies simple and easy peasy! I simply scooped some frosting on a butter knife and spread the frosting on smooth to the tops of the cooled sugar cookies. From mixing up the frosting to spreading it on the cookies, that’s the fun part and where you should enlist the kids to help! Who doesn’t love decorating cookies? (Just try not to eat all the frosting before you finish the cookies!) After you’re satisfied with your frosting skills, simply sprinkle on those natural allergy-free rainbow sprinkles! Pressing them in a bit will help them to stick!

How should you store these soft frosted gluten-free vegan sugar cookies?

These cookies store best in a closed container in the fridge. Don’t leave them out at room temperature if you’re not eating them right away. Which, I also suggest you eat them right away! These sugar cookies are not for making way in advance. Enjoy them fresh like you would a light, soft, airy cake! I know you won’t have a problem waiting too long to bite into these cookies anyway…

I really do think they should call these Lofthouse-style sugar cookies, cake cookies. A personal, mini, hand-held cake with endless colorful decorating possibilities! So easy to make, bake, decorate, and EAT! Gluten-Free, vegan, allergy-free and possible to make anywhere thanks to iHerb, what are you waiting for? Let’s heat up those ovens!