Looking for the best Vegan Christmas Cookies? Try these easy sprinkle sugar cookies! Perfectly soft, festive, and dairy-free, they're a holiday favorite for all.
This recipe is super easy because there is no refrigeration required. Simply mix the vegan sugar cookie dough, roll the dough into balls, and bake on prepared baking sheets. No need to separate the wet and dry ingredients, no need to use a standing mixer! This recipe is also can be adapted to be gluten-free. Simply follow the instructions below for perfect Vegan Christmas Cookies every time!
Why You'll Love These Vegan Christmas Cookies
- Quick & Easy: You can have amazing, festive vegan Christmas cookies ready in just 20 minutes. There is no chill time with this cookie recipe, unlike most. You can just prepare the batter, bake, and then top with frosting and sprinkles!
- Versatile for Holidays: You can make this vegan Christmas sprinkle sugar cookie recipe into an Easter sprinkle sugar cookie recipe with a switch of sprinkles! Or, make them for Halloween with orange and black sprinkles! Whatever your heart desires.
- Super Yummy: The most important thing about this vegan Christmas sprinkle sugar cookie recipe is that they are absolutely delicious. They come out moist and chewy, just like a sugar cookie should be!
How To Make Vegan Sugar Cookies
Equipment Needed
- Mixing Bowl
- Fork or Whisk
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Hand Mixer (optional for frosting)
- Spoon
Sugar Cookie Dough Ingredients
This easy Christmas cookie recipe requires pantry staples, and if you are vegan a simple egg substitute. Here's what you'll need:
- Flax Seed Meal or Eggs: For a vegan sugar cookie, you can mix flax seed meal with hot water as an egg substitute. If you are not vegan, you can just use one regular egg.
- Butter: Vegan butter adds flavor and moisture for a tender crumb. We love the brands Earth Balance or Country Crock Plant Butter. If you are not vegan, regular butter works well.
- Sugar: Regular organic cane sugar works great here to get a classic cookie taste.
- Milk: Any variety of milk will do well. If you want a vegan sugar cookie, then we recommend using almond milk or oat milk.
- Vanilla: Vanilla is added for flavor.
- Baking Powder: Baking powder helps the cookie rise and ensures proper baking.
- Salt: Salt is added for flavor, in order to balance out the sweetness of the cookie.
- Flour: All purpose flour works great here, however, if you want a gluten-free cookie you can just gluten-free flour. We love the brand King Arthur Measure for Measure.
- Sprinkles: All of the Christmas sprinkles that you desire can be added on top of the sugar cookies or even mixed into the dough!
For the Cookie Frosting
- Powdered Sugar: This is for the classic sweetness that frosting lends.
- Milk: Use any regular or plant-based milk you would like here.
- Butter: Vegan butter or regular butter are great for this frosting.
- Vanilla: For added flavor, we add vanilla.
Instructions
To make vegan sugar cookies, you just need a large mixing bowl, baking sheet and optional hand mixer for the frosting! Here's the simple process:
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375 F. To prepare the flax eggs, mix the flax seed meal and hot water together and let sit for 2 minutes until a gel forms. If you are not vegan, you can use one egg to replace two flax eggs.
Step 2: In a mixing bowl, mix the melted butter, sugar, 2 flax eggs, vanilla, baking powder, milk, and salt. Then, add in the flour until a thick vegan sugar cookie dough forms. You can fold the sprinkles into the dough at this point if you want a colorful cookie dough.
Step 3: Place parchment paper onto a baking sheet. Then, using your hands, roll about a tablespoon size amount of dough into balls. Set each ball onto the baking sheet with parchment paper. Then, bake for 8-9 minutes (for softer cookies) or 10-11 minutes (for more firm cookies). The sugar cookies will be lightly golden on the bottom and around the edges.
Step 4: Using a hand mixer, combine all of the frosting ingredients together in a bowl. Spread over the cookies once they have cooled completely. Sprinkles the tops with Christmas sprinkles and enjoy! ps: These cookies are also delicious without frosting!
Expert Tips
- Swap butter for vegan alternative: For a vegan replacement of butter, you can use vegan butter or just use coconut oil! Most people have coconut oil on hand, so this is a great alternative. If you are using coconut oil, add a pinch more salt to the recipe to balance out the flavors.
- Room Temperature Ingredients: Be sure to use room temperature milk, vegan butter, or coconut oil to ensure the cookie dough baked evenly.
- Don't Over Bake: This tip goes for any type of cookie you ever bake. The cookies aren't going to look done when it is time to take them out of the oven. Take them out when you are set and are slightly colored around the edges. They will harden up as they cool.
- Make The Sugar Cookies Festive: If you would like, you can make these vegan Christmas sprinkle sugar cookies even more festive by adding color to the frosting! Just make sure the food coloring you choose is vegan if you want to keep this recipe all vegan. You can make red and green cookies and top them with the sprinkles as well.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! Just like with most cookie doughs, you can make the dough, separate them out into small balls and then freeze them in an airtight container until you are ready to bake. You don't have to thaw the cookie dough prior to baking.
Definitely. If you want the cookies to be different shapes instead of just circles, you can refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes, roll out the dough onto a floured surface, and use cookie cutters to cut out your favorite shapes!
More Vegan Cookie Recipes to Try
- Gluten-Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- 6-ingredient Shortbread Cookies
- Vegan Apple Pie Sugar Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Did you make these Vegan Christmas Cookies? Leave a review below and share your holiday creations with us on Instagram!
Vegan Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Vegan Christmas Cookies
- 2 tablespoon flax seed meal + 4 tablespoon hot water or one regular egg
- ½ cup melted vegan butter
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond or oat milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cup regular or gluten free all purpose flour If gluten-free, I recommend King Arthur Measure for Measure gluten-free flour. Please don't substitute any other flour such as almond flour, baking flour, etc.
- vegan Christmas sprinkles
Vanilla Frosting
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoon almond milk
- 1 tablespoon softened vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Vegan Christmas Cookies Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. Prepare the flax eggs by mixing the flax seed meal and hot water together. Set aside for 2 minutes until a gel forms. Alternatively, you may use one regular egg in place of the 2 flax eggs.
- In a mixing bowl, mix the melted vegan butter, cane sugar, 2 flax eggs, vanilla, baking powder, almond milk, and salt. Then, add the flour and mix until a thick vegan sugar cookie dough forms. Option to fold sprinkles directly into the cookie or wait until the end to sprinkle them on top with frosting.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use your hands to roll about a tablespoon of batter each into balls. Set each ball onto the baking sheet. Bake for 8-9 minutes for soft cookies or 10-11 minutes for firm cookies. They will be lightly golden on the bottom and around the edges.
- Make the vegan vanilla frosting by using an electric hand mixer to mix the powdered sugar, almond milk, melted vegan butter, and vanilla together. Spread over the cookies once they've cooled. They are delicious with and without frosting. Sprinkle the tops with Christmas sprinkles and enjoy!
Nutrition
The recipes on Peanut Butter and Jilly can easily be adapted to fit a vegan lifestyle, a gluten-free lifestyle, or both depending on the ingredients you use. Please review the ingredients lists carefully and refer to our recommendations in the Notes of the recipe card to make this recipe compatible with your needs. Nutrition information provided is an estimate, and will vary based on specific brands of ingredients used and cooking methods.
Mal says
Yummy!! Just made these??. I swapped out sprinkles for coconut shreds. Thanks for the recipe!
Jillian says
Thanks for trying my sugar cookies, Mal!So happy you enjoyed!