Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Sugar Cookies with Naturally Dyed Icing 🌈 (No Food Dyes!)

These are my favorite gluten-free + dairy-free sugar cookies with a naturally colored icing made without food dyes 🌈

Perfect for holidays, birthdays, and sensitive kids 🤍

✨ Honey-sweetened cookies
✨ Powdered sugar–free icing
✨ Colored with real foods like beets & spirulina

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🍪 GLUTEN-FREE, DAIRY-FREE SUGAR COOKIES

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 9–11 minutes
Yield: ~3 dozen cookies

Ingredients
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3¼ cups brown rice flour
• 2¼ cups arrowroot starch
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon guar gum

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Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly grease.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together honey and coconut oil until smooth.
3. Add egg and vanilla, whisk until combined.
4. Add brown rice flour, arrowroot starch, sea salt, baking soda, and guar gum.
Mix with a wooden spoon or paddle attachment until a ball of dough forms.
Tip: If mixing by hand, lightly knead dough in the bowl to fully incorporate.
5. On a clean surface dusted with brown rice flour, roll dough to about ½-inch thick.
6. Cut into shapes and place on prepared baking sheet. Re-roll scraps until all dough is used.
7. Bake 9–11 minutes, until edges are lightly golden.
8. Cool completely on a rack before icing.

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🌈 NATURALLY DYED COOKIE ICING (NO FOOD DYES)

Base Icing Recipe

Mix everything together in a bowl until smooth:
• ½ cup arrowroot starch
• 1 tablespoon coconut butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce

Adjust consistency as needed:
• Too thin → add ½–1 tsp water or applesauce
• Too thick → add more arrowroot starch

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🎨 Natural Color Options

Divide icing into bowls and add:

❤️ Red
• 1 teaspoon beet powder
• OR a few drops beet juice

🩷 Pink
• 2–3 teaspoons dragonfruit powder

🧡 Orange
• ½–1 teaspoon paprika
• Optional: splash of pomegranate juice

💛 Yellow
• ¼–½ teaspoon turmeric

💚 Green
• 1 teaspoon spirulina
• OR 1 teaspoon matcha

💙 Blue
• ¼–⅜ teaspoon blue spirulina

💡 Start small and build color gradually.

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✨ To Finish
• Ice fully cooled cookies
• Let icing set at room temperature
• Enjoy immediately or store in a parchment-lined container

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