Beet Sugar Cookies with Beet Icing
Prep time
1 hour 0 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
1 hours 10 mins
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 egg
- ½ cup almond butter
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup GF all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp beet puree via Love Beets roasted beets
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Frosting:
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1.5 cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Love Beets beet powder
Preparation
- To puree the beets, you can first roast them for 40 minutes and then puree them in a blender or can use the same amount in beet powder instead of beet puree.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a medium-sized bowl, add egg, almond butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar, and mix well.
- Then add in the flour, beet puree, and pure vanilla extract. Mix well.
- If needed, refrigerate the cookie batter to make it less liquid-y.
- Lay parchment paper on baking tray, and make 24 cookies.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- As the cookies are baking, make the icing by combining butter, cream cheese, and pure vanilla extract in a medium-sized bowl.
- Mix well, and then add in the powdered sugar.
- Mix well, adding in beet powder, and again mix well.
- Once the cookies are cool, top with icing and then rainbow sprinkles.
Occasion:
Valentine's Day
Dish Type:
Dessert, Cookies
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