Wholesome Birthday Cake Cookies (gluten free!)

Summer time is on its manner out and I believed why not have fun a brand new season with a enjoyable birthday-themed deal with? I truly made these straightforward, tremendous tender, scrumptious cookies nearly 4 years in the past to the date to carry somewhat pleasure again into 2020 (IYKYK).

These gluten-free and grain-free birthday cake cookies are completely tender like these Lofthouse cookies you most likely grew up on, however are made with extra nourishing substances and topped with the very best vanilla buttercream frosting. I say life is healthier with sprinkles, so you already know we’re mixing some proper into the batter AND on high of those beauties.

Bake them up on your mates or along with your kiddos and have somewhat dessert celebration any day of the week!

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Substances in these wholesome birthday cake cookies

These deliciously tender, grain free & gluten free birthday cake cookies use just a few pantry staples and naturally, loads of sprinkles. Right here’s every thing you’ll must make them:

• Coconut oil: you’ll use melted and cooled coconut oil to ensure these birthday cake cookies are completely moist.
• Natural cane sugar: I like to make use of natural cane sugar however you can too use common sugar or coconut sugar. Simply word that the cookies will prove darker in colour if you happen to use coconut sugar (however will nonetheless be scrumptious!) 
• Egg: you’ll simply want 1 egg in these birthday cake cookies. Be certain it’s at room temperature earlier than utilizing within the recipe!
• Vanilla & almond extract: we’re utilizing a combo of vanilla extract and almond extract, which provides these cookies that true birthday cake taste.
• Flour: we’re additionally utilizing each high quality, blanched almond flour and somewhat bit of coconut flour to get maintain the cookies grain and gluten-free.
• Baking soda & salt: to assist these cookies bake up correctly.
• Sprinkles: as a result of they’re birthday cake cookies, in fact! This is the model that I like to make use of, and this model can be an all pure alternative for sprinkles.
• For the vanilla buttercream: you’ll want butter or vegan butter, natural powdered sugar, vanilla extract & sprinkles.

Can I make them vegan?

Sure, these wholesome birthday cake cookies can simply be made vegan & dairy free! Right here’s tips on how to do it:

• Use a flax egg as a substitute of a daily egg within the recipe.
• Swap in vegan butter for the frosting (we choose Earth Stability or Miyokos for the very best texture)
• Alternatively, you possibly can skip the frosting altogether or use a dairy-free frosting reminiscent of Easy Mills vanilla. The cookies themselves are scrumptious even with out the frosting (although the frosting takes these to the subsequent stage).

Simple birthday cake cookies in 5 easy steps

1. Combine the moist substances. Add all your moist substances to a big bowl and blend till nicely mixed and easy.
2. Make the dough. Add the dry substances to your bowl with the moist substances and blend till a dough types. Fold in a number of the sprinkles (leaving some for adorning the tops) and permit the dough to take a seat for a couple of minutes.
3. Roll & bake. Use your fingers or a cookie scoop to roll dough into golf ball sized dough balls. Place on the ready cookie sheet then flatten every dough ball with the palm of your hand in order that it’s about ¼ inch thick, then bake them up.
4. Cool & make the frosting. Enable the cookies to chill utterly when you beat collectively the entire frosting substances.
5. Frost & devour. Frost every cookie, add just a few additional sprinkles on high, and eat up!

Suggestions for making the very best wholesome birthday cake cookies

• Don’t use substitutes. Almond flour shouldn’t be changed with another flour, nor do you have to try to exchange the coconut flour (although I believe oat flour or a gluten free all goal flour rather than the coconut flour may fit out okay). These wholesome birthday cake cookies are excellent as-is and the recipe must be modified at your personal danger.
• Pack your almond flour. You’ll be able to pack the blanched high quality almond flour identical to you’d with brown sugar. It makes all of the distinction! Do NOT pack your coconut flour although.
• Use a room temperature egg. It will be sure that the coconut oil doesn’t coagulate and trigger the cookie dough to be tremendous lumpy. Simply place your egg in a bowl of heat water for a couple of minutes (earlier than cracking), or run heat water over the egg for a minute to carry it to room temp.

Storing & freezing ideas

• To retailer: be at liberty to maintain these cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature for 1 day, then switch to the fridge or freezer.
• To freeze: make certain the cookies are utterly cooled, after which switch them to an hermetic container lined with wax or parchment paper or freezer-safe bag earlier than storing them within the freezer for as much as 2 months. I like to position them in a single layer to keep away from any cookies breaking. As soon as able to eat, merely thaw out at room temperature and luxuriate in! You’ll be able to frost earlier than or after they’re frozen!

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I hope you’re keen on these wholesome grain free birthday cake cookies! Should you make them remember to go away a remark & a ranking so I understand how you appreciated them. Get pleasure from, xo!

This submit was initially printed on September 14th, 2020, and republished on September third, 2024.