Purple Sweet Potato Icing Christmas Tree Gingerbread Cookies
It doesn't get any more adorable than these sweet treats! Colorful, festive, and delicious Purple Sweet Potato Icing Christmas Tree Gingerbread Cookies decorated with the happiest hue with Suncore Foods® Purple Sweet Potato Powder! Adults, kids, and Santa are going to love them. Get the family together in the kitchen and have fun making these scrumptious festive cookies! Find the recipe and shop all our plant-based powders at SuncoreFoods.com!
Ingredients
Purple Sweet Potato Icing:
40g aquafaba
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla extract
180g sifted powdered sugar
2-4 tsp Suncore Foods® Purple Sweet Potato Powder
Christmas Tree Cookies:
370g all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp salt
85g dairy free butter
150g sugar of choice
170g molasses
Directions
1. Sift your dry ingredients together, set aside.
2. In a stand mixer, whisk together butter. sugar, vanilla and molasses together. Add the dry ingredients. Mix on medium/low until a smooth ball starts to form, do not over mix. Add more flour if needed.
3. Roll out dough onto parchment paper or a baking mat to 1/4" thick. Try to make the dough as even in thickness as possible. Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 180c. Cut out cookies using cookie cutters. Transfer to parchment covered baking sheets. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let fully cool before moving.
4. Icing — In a stand mixer, beat aquafaba with cream of tartar and salt until foamy. Add all powdered sugar and beat on low speed until thick. Add dissolved Suncore Foods® Purple Sweet Potato Powder and thin the icing with water to the desired consistency. Decorate cookie pieces with royal icing. Let dry completely.