Gluten-Free Holiday Cookies

Name: Gluten-Free Holiday Cookies
Yield: Makes about 24 (3-inch) cookies
Ingredients: 12½ ounces (354 grams; 2¾ cups), recipe; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, xanthan gum; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces and softened; 7 ounces (198 grams; 1 cup), superfine sugar; 1 , large egg, plus 1 large yolk; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon, cream cheese, room temperature; 2-3 tablespoons, milk; 6 ounces (170 grams; 1½ cups), confectioners' sugar

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Desserts or Baked Goods

Gluten Free

Holiday

To be suitable for decorating, holiday cookies must be thin and crisp.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook

SERVESMakes about 24 (3-inch) cookies

TIME2¾ hours, plus 1½ hours chilling, 20 minutes cooling, and 20 minutes drying

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In our early attempts at creating gluten-free holiday cookies, substituting our gluten-free flour blend into our favorite recipe created a whole host of problems. The dough was incredibly sticky, and even when we managed to stamp out a few ...

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