Name: Dairy Free Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (330 grams); 1 ½ cups white sugar (300 grams); 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup oil (175 milliliters); 1 to 2 tablespoons water; 2 teaspoon vanilla

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These dairy free sugar cookies are made with oil and are soft and chewy. They are also sweet without being too sweet which is the key to a great sugar cookie.

Dairy free sugar cookies piled up on a white plate on a white marble counter

While sugar cookies are most commonly seen around the holidays, these dairy free sugar cookies are too good to only have once a year.

They are sweet and kissed with vanilla but have a subtle flavor.

Since these sugar cookies are made with oil instead of butter, the texture is a little different.

Butter you cream with sugar making the dough kind of... well, creamy.

Oil doesn't create that creamy texture so you have to just create the shape. It's kind of like molding play-dough.

If you feel more comfortable, you can add just a little bit of water to make the dough a slightly wet so it's slightly more similar to the texture you're used to.

Either way these sugar cookies are delicious!

And if you like these dairy free sugar cookies, you may also like my roll out sugar cookies without butter.

How To Replace Eggs in Recipes

To replace eggs, use 2 tablespoons of water in place of each egg.

For eggless roll out sugar cookies, try my eggless sugar cookies.

HOW TO STORE COOKIES

Let cookies cool completely. Place in a resealable bag or an airtight container. Store at room temperature for up to a week.

HOW TO FREEZE COOKIES

Let cookies cool completely. It is best to freeze cookies on a tray so that they freeze as individuals. Then, move to a resealable freezer bag.

If this is not practical for you, place cooled cookies in a resealable freezer bag and freeze that way.

Cookies will keep for up to 3 months. After that, the quality begins to degrade.

When thawing baked cookies, remove from bag and let sit at room temperature.

If desired, you can gently reheat thawed cookies to mimic that fresh-baked taste and texture: place them in a 275°F or 135°C oven until soft.

Sugar Cookies Tip:

Put only one cookie tray in at a time. When I put in two, filling the whole middle shelf, the cookies browned too much on the bottom.

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Yield: 36 cookies

Dairy Free Sugar Cookies

These dairy free sugar cookies are made with oil instead of butter and are perfectly soft and chewy!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (330 grams)
1 ½ cups white sugar (300 grams)
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
¾ cup oil (175 milliliters)
1 to 2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.
Add eggs, oil, water, and vanilla to the dry ingredients. Use your hands to mix until well combined.
Create balls from the dough. Teaspoon sized for smaller cookies and tablespoon size for larger cookies. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Bake on the middle shelf at 350°F or 175°C for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool for 3 minutes before moving a cooling rack.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 113Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 75mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 1g

Thursday 9th of January 2025

My granddaughter has a true dairy allergy and we are very conscious of every ingredient. Thank you for helping us serve her a variety of foods! I have a question though. Have you ever tried making these with the dairy free butter that they now sell? I wonder if that would help with the consistency and maybe even allow you to roll and cut?

ElissaBeth

Friday 10th of January 2025

I'm so glad my recipes were able to help ❤️ Personally I like using oil but if you want to use vegan butter, replace the oil with 1 cup of better. You can then technically probably roll out the dough, but this recipe isn't meant to be those kinds of sugar cookies. I do have a recipe for cut out sugar cookies though. They also call for oil but you can use a cup of vegan butter instead of the oil in that recipe too.

Friday 22nd of December 2023

How many cookies does this recipe make?

About 35

Katy

Sunday 5th of December 2021

Can I roll this dough out and use cookie cutters or does the dough not hold up?

Wednesday 8th of December 2021

I'm sorry, this dough is better suited for balls... I am planning on putting one up for cookie cutters though :)

Piama

Monday 22nd of November 2021

Do you think I could use this recipe for roll out cookies?

Sunday 12th of May 2024

These sagar cookies would be terrible if you tried to roll them out, but my other sugar cookies are perfect for rolling out and cutting into shapes.

hanah

Wednesday 2nd of June 2021

my friend unfortunately can't have dairy so I made these for her and she absolutely LOVED them!

Sunday 13th of June 2021

I'm very glad to hear it :)