Vegan Sugar Cookies

*recipe adapted from a german vegan Christmas baking cookbook

Dry Ingredients:

300g spelt flour or all-purpose

100g powdered sugar

a generous

a pinch of salt

¼ tsp baking powder

Wet Ingredients:

150g vegan butter, cold and cut into cubes

4 tbsp aquafaba, chickpea water

3 tbsp non-dairy milk

the zest of ½ lemon

Method:

combine all the dry ingredients

add the cold vegan butter

mix in the butter with a spoon first, then switch to your hands, mixing in the butter so you have

little butter flakes distributed throughout the dry ingredients

add the aquafaba and non-dairy milk

knead the dough with your hands quickly

form the dough into a ball of cookie dough

refrigerate the dough for 30 min while you preheat the oven to 170C and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper

roll out the dough on a floured surface

cut dough it into cute shapes using cute cookie cutters and place them onto the sheets

bake for about 12 minutes until slightly golden along the edges

let cool first, then add a glaze if desired

a glaze recipe can be found in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LO2s...