Iced Animal Crackers
These Iced Animal Crackers have the same nostalgic taste and crunch, but they're free of gluten, refined sugars, and artificial dyes!
Servings: 6 dozen cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 5 tbsp grass-fed butter softened
- 1/4 cup monkfruit sugar (or coconut sugar)
- 2 tbsp raw honey
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup gluten free 1:1 flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
For the icing:
- 1 cup monkfruit powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp almond milk
- 3/4 tsp beet root juice powder (or other natural dye)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250F
- Using a mixer, beat the butter and sugar together. Then mix in the honey, yolk, and vanilla extract. Finally add the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon and mix.
- Roll out the dough onto a piece of parchment paper or silicone baking mat to 1/4 inch thickness. Rub flour on the rolling pin if it is sticking to the dough.
- Cut out animals using cookie cutters. Once the dough is completely covered with animal shapes, remove the excess dough with a butter knife.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the edges turn golden. While baking, roll out the leftover dough and repeat steps 2 and 3. Continue repeating until all of the dough is cut into shapes.
- Mix together the powdered sugar with 3 tbsp almond milk. Slowly add more almond milk until you get a slightly runny consistency. Mix in the natural dye to your desired hue.
- Once the cookies have cooled, dip the tops in icing. Before the icing hardens, add the sprinkles. Enjoy! These are best stored in an air-tight container on the counter).