Sugar Cookies

This recipe originally came on a recipe card as part of Taako’s Correspondence School of Wizardy, Cantrips & Other Magicks, which claims the recipe to be from Taako’s Super Secret Recipes vol. III. As with most recipes I’ve gathered, I’ve modified this one slightly to fit my tastes and baking style.

Ingredients

• ½ cup of plant-based butter
• ¾ cup of pitted dates, tightly packed
• ¼ cup of pumpkin purée
• A splash of unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1¾ cups of unbleached white flour
• 1 teaspoon of xanthan gum
• 2½ teaspoons of baking powder
• A sprinkle of sea salt

Directions

1. Blend the butter, dates, pumpkin, and almond milk until they form a smooth paste.
2. Whisk the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, and salt together.
3. Add the date paste to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly together until a soft dough is formed.
4. Cover and freeze the dough for 15 minutes, or refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.
5. Once ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
6. Flour and roll out the dough between 2 pieces of wax paper.
7. Remove the top piece of wax paper and cut the dough into fun shapes.
8. Freeze the shapes for 10 minutes before baking.
9. Bake for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
10. Let the cookies cool after taking them out of the oven, and then decorate as desired.