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A heart-shaped vegan sugar cookie with red and white icing.
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Vegan Valentine's Day Cookies

These vegan sugar cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day. They are easy-to-make cut-out cookies that have a classic sugar cookie flavor while being completely vegan! Cut them into hearts and decorate them with red, pink, and white icing for Valentine’s Day.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: gluten-free, Vegan
Author: Bree Sheree

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour (see note below)
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ cup cashew butter
  • ¼ cup coconut butter
  • ½ cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons applesauce (unsweetened)
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • In a mixing bowl, add the flour and baking powder and combine with a spoon.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, add the cashew butter and coconut butter. Microwave for 30 seconds, then mix with a spoon.
  • Add the sugar to the heated cashew and coconut butter and mix until fully combined. Then, mix in the vanilla extract, applesauce, and maple syrup.
  • Pour the bowl of wet ingredients over the flour and mix until fully combined into a dough.
  • Lay out a piece of parchment paper and place a ball of the dough on top of it. Next, place another piece of parchment paper on the ball of dough and begin rolling it. The parchment paper will prevent sticking.
  • Roll the dough until it is about ¼ inch thick, then use cookie cutters to cut out your cookies and lay them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Continue until your baking tray is full, leaving space between each cookie.
  • Bake for about 12 minutes.
  • Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for about 10 minutes before transferring them to cooling racks.
  • If you are going to ice your cookies, wait until they have cooled completely.
  • Store in a sealed container at room temperature.

Notes

Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour (the one in the blue bag) works well for this recipe. I do not recommend using the Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free flour that is in the red bag or any other flours made with bean flours. In my opinion, bean flour does not taste very good in baked goods.