I love to make sugar cookies for the holiday season, like my Almond Flour Sugar Cookies, Vegan Halloween Sugar Cookies, or Oat Flour Sugar Cookies. But today, I wanted to make an even easier version and created this recipe with only 3 ingredients.
Ingredients and Substitutions
This recipe is super easy and can be made with just 3 base ingredients.
Vegan Butter – Butter provides richness and helps create the classic sugar cookie texture. Use a high-quality plant-based butter for the best results. It also works with margarine. Sugar – This is not only for sweetness as it contributes to the cookies’ crisp edges (so you can’t just replace it with stevia). You can use coconut sugar or brown sugar for different flavor profiles. Flour – All-purpose flour works best for this recipe, but it should also work fine with spelt flour or whole-wheat flour. I haven’t tried gluten-free flour.
How to Make 3-Ingredient Sugar Cookies
This is a really simple recipe to put together, but if you like visual cues, here are pictures of the key steps.
Expert Tips
You have everything you need to make these cookies in the printable recipe card further down, but to make it completely fail-proof, I’ve included below a few more tips:
For the best texture, make sure your vegan butter is softened but not melted. This helps create the right consistency in the dough. Chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking if you prefer thicker cookies that spread less during baking. For perfectly round cookies, use a cookie scoop to portion the dough. Experiment with flavors by adding lemon zest, almond extract, or rolling the cookies in cinnamon sugar before baking. These cookies are great for decorating. Once cooled, you can ice them with a simple vegan royal icing or vegan buttercream. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week, or freeze for up to 3 months.
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