Happy St. Patrick's Day and Dairy Free Sugar Cookies!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous St. Patrick's Day! I made Savanna sugar cookies with earth balance butter :)  Don't you just love the hat my Aunt sent her!

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies 

Yield 12-14 medium size cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

4 ounces (1 stick) butter (I used Earth Balance Dairy and Soy Free)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon light brown sugar 

1 egg (seperated)

1 tsp vanilla extract

Sanding Sugar or Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

3. In the bowl of your electric mixer cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

4. Add egg yolk and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated. 

5. Add dry ingredients and beat on low speed until just combined.

6. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. 

7. Roll out dough (¼ of inch thickness) and cut desired shape (4 leaf clovers).

8. Gather up the reserved dough scraps and gently press them into a disk.  Repeat the cutting and rolling process with the scraps.

9. Place cut cookies about 1 inch apart on baking sheet (for a medium size cutter should fit about 12 cookies per sheet).

10. Brush cookies with egg white and sprinkle on desired decorations.

11. Bake 12-15 minutes until lightly golden brown at the edges.

12. Let cool for 3 minutes on the sheets and then transfer to a rack or parchment paper.