Reindeer Sugar Cookies (Rudolph Cut-Outs)
These adorable Vegan Rudolph Sugar Cookies are soft, buttery, and shaped like reindeer! Made with vegan icing, red candy noses, and pretzel antlers, they’re a fun and festive holiday recipe perfect for Christmas cookie baking.
Ingredients
- For the Vegan Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup Vegan Butter (softened, not melted)
- 3/4 cup Organic Cane Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch (for tenderness)
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1-2 tbsp Plant Milk
Vegan Royal Icing Recipe
- 1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract Whisk until smooth and shiny.
Decorations
- Vegan Gel Food Coloring (Brown, Red, White and Black)
- Mini pretzels (for antlers)
- Small Red Candies (for Rudolphs Nose)
Instructions
- Make the DoughIn a large bowl, cream together vegan butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla.In a separate bowl, whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the dry mixture to the butter mixture. Add 1–2 tbsp plant milk as needed until the dough holds together.
- Chill the DoughForm dough into a disk, wrap in parchment or plastic, and chill for 30 minutes.
- Cut Out the CookiesPreheat oven to 350°F (175°C).Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to ¼ inch thickness.Use a reindeer-shaped cookie cutter to cut out cookies.
- BakePlace cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet.Bake for 8–10 minutes or until edges are slightly golden.Cool completely before decorating.
- Decorate Your ReindeerOutline and flood with brown icing for the face.Add white icing for the eyes and black for pupils.Attach a red candy for the nose to make Rudolph.Use pretzels or piped icing to create antlers.Let icing dry completely before stacking or packaging.
