Just a friendly reminder to VOTE!

With a gluten free take on a classic recipe I created these vote themed cookies.

Ingredients for cookies:

• 2 cups gluten free flour, plus more for rolling
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Food coloring

Instructions for cookies:

1. In large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla.
4. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture; beat until combined.
5. Divide dough in half; flatten into disks. Wrap each in plastic; freeze until firm, at least 20 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
7. Line baking sheets with parchment.
8. Remove one dough disk; let stand 5 to 10 minutes.
9. Roll out 1/8 inch thick between two sheets of floured parchment, dusting dough with flour as needed.
10. Using cookie cutters cut alphabet shapes including large and small V, O, T, E and large and small stars.
11. Using a spatula, transfer to prepared baking sheets. (If dough gets soft, chill 10 minutes.)
12. Reroll scraps; cut shapes. Repeat with remaining dough.
13. Bake, rotating halfway through, until edges are golden, 10 to 18 minutes (depending on size).
14. Cool completely on wire racks.

Ingredients for Royal Icing:

• 1 box confectioners’ sugar (1 pound)
• 2 large egg whites
• Food coloring (I used red and blue)

Directions for Royal Icing:

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine sugar, egg whites.
2. Mixing on low speed, add a scant 1/2 cup water. For a thinner consistency, usually used for flooding, add more water. A thicker consistency is generally used for outlining and adding details.
3. Mix until icing holds a ribbonlike trail on the surface of the mixture for 5 seconds when you raise the paddle.
4. Place 1/2 of the icing in a medium size bowl.
5. Place 1/4 of the icing in a small bowl and add blue food coloring then add to a pipping bag.
6. Place remaining 1/4 of the icing in a small bowl and add red food coloring then add to a pipping bag.
7. Spread white icing across star cookies.
8. Using red pipping bags pipe onto V and O alphabet shaped cookies.
9. Using blue pipping bags pipe onto T and E alphabet shaped as seen in photographs.
10. Place small on alphabet shapes on top of star cookies.

Yields about 30 cookies

Allergen information:

• This recipe is gluten free.
• This recipe is nut free.
• This recipe is vegetarian.

Nutrition information: 

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