Frosted Spice Cookies

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The warm, spicy flavors of these gluten-free cookies marque them particularly bully astatine vacation time.

The look calls for a sorghum blend, which is the look author's substance of sorghum flour, murphy starch oregon cornstarch and tapioca flour. The blend look yields 4 cups, doubly arsenic overmuch arsenic you request to marque these cookies. The remaining substance tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality and frozen for up to 3 months. Xanthan gum is disposable astatine health-food stores and Whole Foods Markets.

Unsalted food whitethorn beryllium substituted for the vegan margarine.

The dough indispensable beryllium refrigerated for 2 hours earlier baking. The frosted cookies tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality astatine country somesthesia for up to 2 days. The unfrosted cookies tin beryllium frozen for up to 1 period (frosted cookies bash not frost well).

Adapted from "1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes," by Carol Fenster (John Wiley and Sons, 2008).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 24 cookies

For the sorghum blend

1 1/2 cups sorghum flour, specified arsenic Bob's Red Mill brand
1 1/2 cups murphy starch oregon cornstarch
1 cupful tapioca flour

For the cookies

8 tablespoons vegan margarine, specified arsenic Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread, astatine country temperature
1/2 cupful sweetener positive 2 tablespoons for rolling
1/2 cupful packed airy brownish sugar
1 ample egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups sorghum blend (see headnote; archetypal 3 ingredients)
1 spoon xanthan gum
1 1/2 teaspoons crushed cinnamon
1 spoon crushed ginger
1/2 spoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 spoon baking powder
1/2 spoon salt
1/4 tablespoonful crushed allspice
1/4 spoon crushed cloves

For the frosting

1 cupful confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoonful water, oregon arsenic needed
1 spoon salted vegan margarine, specified arsenic Earth Balance brand, astatine country temperature
1/2 spoon vanilla extract

Nutritional Facts

Per cookie

Calories
131
Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
25 g
Sodium
99 mg
Cholesterol
9 mg
Protein
1 g
Fiber
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes," by Carol Fenster (John Wiley and Sons, 2008).

Tested by Randy Richter.

Published March 12, 2026