10 Sweet and Soft Dairy-Free Sugar Cookie Recipes!

Sweet, soft, and yummy – sugar cookies are just a little bite of perfection! The light sweetness is amazing, and you may want to eat the whole tray of cookies. But don’t worry, there’s more: try all 10 of these sugar cookie recipes that you can find on our Food Monster App!

1. Lemon Basil Sugar Cookies

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What’s fab about these Lemon Basil Sugar Cookies from Gabrielle St. Claire is everything! It’s your staple vegan lemon sugar cookie recipe, slightly soft and chewy texture, packed with lemon flavor, has notes of basil that keep you on your toes, aesthetic appeal, perf for spring, perf for entertaining, and is just such a fun concept!

2. Spiced Sugar Cookies With Maple Icing

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Sugar cookies are a classic dessert, but here they get a twist with warm autumn and a decadent maple icing. Check out these Spiced Sugar Cookies With Maple Icing from Casey Muir Taylor!

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3. Chewy Sugar Cookies

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Generally, when you think of sugar cookies, your brain is transported to memories filled with mountains of cookie cutters and sanding sugar. These Chewy Sugar Cookies from Danie Feld are crunchy on the edge, chewy in the middle, a real rainbow sprinkle-laden kind of sugar cookie!

4. Rosemary Lemon Sandwich Cookies

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Rosemary and lemon in a sugar cookie? Yes, you heard that right! This combo is delicious in Marly McMillen’s Rosemary Lemon Sandwich Cookies – trust us, this will change the way you look at sugar cookies forever!

5. Simple Sugar Cookies

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Even if you think you can’t bake, you can make these Simple Sugar Cookies from Aine Carlin. Super simple, super sweet, and super kind – everything you could want from a (vegan) cookie.

6. Sugar Cookie Pop Tarts

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If you love strawberry Pop Tarts and sugar cookies, this is the recipe for you! Two timeless sweet snacks come together to create the ultimate flavor combo you never knew you needed in your life – a sweet sugar cookie pastry with a fruity strawberry jam center. These Sugar Cookie Pop Tarts from Michele Elizabeth are amazing!

7. Key Lime Sparkle Cookies

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These beautiful, buttery Key Lime Sparkle Cookies from Lisa Lotts are sweet and tart — just like their namesake pie. Topped with a white glaze and sprinkled with sparkly sugar, they look like the perfect winter cookie. Fresh limes make all the difference in the world, so if you can use them, you absolutely must!

8. Sugar Cookies With Naturally Dyed Icing

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It doesn’t get much better than sugar cookies with icing, especially when we’re talking Sugar Cookies With Naturally Dyed Icing from Sabrina Estafo! Not only do these cookies make the perfect shapes with NO chill time, but they also taste like they’re full of refined sugar. However, they’re gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and clean-eating!

9. Citrus Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing

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These delicious, soft, Citrus Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing from Sheil Shukla are made for the summertime. The recipe is versatile in that you can add whatever flavoring you like and adapt it to any time of year — so if it’s fall, try pumpkin! The cookies are coated with yummy royal icing that can be as colorful and vibrant as you want them to be, so get creative with decorating!

10. Funfetti Sugar Cookie Popsicles

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The delightful colors of funfetti, the sweet flavors of a sugar cookie, and the chilly deliciousness of popsicles all come together in these Funfetti Sugar Cookie Popsicles from Abby Thompson. What are you waiting for – check them out!

Need more cookie recipes? Check out 20 Homemade Vegan Cookies That Will Make Your Kitchen Smell Amazing and 30 Awesome Cookie Recipes to Fill Your Cookie Jar!

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