Eggless Sugar Cookies

The following recipe was suggested to me by someone I met at an allergy forum.  They came out great!

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Eggless Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 Tbsp Water
1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder (for separate step)
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter or butter substitute, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla


Put butter out to soften about an hour before you are ready to bake.

Whisk together the water, vegetable oil, and 1/2 tsp of baking powder in a small bowl.   Set aside.   (This substitutes for an egg).

Whisk together the flour, salt and other 1/2 tsp baking powder in a medium bowl.   Set aside.

Cream together the softened butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.  (To cream the butter and sugar, cut the butter into small chunks, and then beat it with a long handled spoon until soft.  Then add the sugar to the butter and mash it with the tines of a fork.  Stir the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy, using a rubber spatula to scrape the sides back into the middle occassionally.   It should end up a yellowish-white color and double the size it was originally.)


To the creamed butter/sugar, stir in the small bowl of oil/water/baking powder you've already mixed together.

Using an electric mixer, mix at low speed while gradually adding dry ingredients, until just combined.   Refrigerate for 1 hour.


Preheat over to 350 degrees, and line several cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Empty dough only a lightly floured surface and knead slightly, and form into a ball.  If the dough seems sticky, knead in more flour, a tablespoon at a time, until it is the right consistancy. 

Roll flat, to about 1/4 inch thick. 

Lightly dust cookie cutters with flour and cut out shapes.  Move the shapes to the parchment-lined cookie sheets.

Put cookie sheets in the over and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Let cookie sheets cool for a minute or two, then transfer to a wire rack to cook (or if you don't have that, you can lay out on a clean cutting board or on a single layer on plates. 

Once cooled, you can add icing. DO NOT TRY TO ICE COOKIES WHILE WARM! 

I used this eggless royal icing recipe for my eggless icing, and also used some store brand icing which was also eggless.
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