Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder

It seems impossible to make cookies without baking powder. But it is definitely possible. Here are some sugar 'cookies without baking powder' recipes.
Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder
Sugar cookies are one of the easiest and tasty snacks to prepare at home. Whether it's breakfast time or occasions like birthdays, sugar cookies are a must! Baking powder is considered as one of the mandatory ingredients in all sugar cookies. But baking powder contains gluten, and many of us try to avoid gluten completely. Baking powder also contains aluminum, to which some people are allergic to. So is it that these people can never have the yummy sugar cookies? Of course it is not so! There are many sugar cookies without baking powder recipes, which you can enjoy! Following are such sugar cookies without baking powder recipes.

How to Make Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder?
The following sugar cookie recipes will answer these questions. All these recipes do not need baking powder or baking soda. More on how to make sugar cookies from scratch.

Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder - Recipe #1
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp butter
  • 2 cups peanut butter
  • 4 cups uncooked oats
For only a minute boil sugar, milk, cocoa powder and butter. Then add peanut butter and oats, mix till it becomes thick. After the mixture thickens, put it on waxed paper with the help of a spoon. Pour the mixture immediately or it may set in the firm itself. Once the set firms, your sugar cookies without baking powder are ready! More on cookie decorating.

Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder - Recipe #2
Ingredients
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup butter flavored shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups self-rising flour
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F)
Add the butter shortening and sugar in a bowl, beat in the eggs along with vanilla essence and stir, at the same time add the self-rising flour to form a dough. Spread a little dough on a plate and roll the other dough out to about ¼ inch in thickness. Then cut out the cookies in any desired shape and then place them on the prepared cookie sheets. Keep some space between the cookies. Bake for about 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven. Let the sugar cookies cool before putting them in the wire rack.

Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder - Recipe #3
Ingredients
  • 1/3 cups white sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup margarine
  • 2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 egg white
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F). Anoint a medium sized, 8*10 to be precise,jelly roll pan. In a bowl, mix together the butter, half of the sugar and margarine till it forms a smooth paste, then add egg and vanilla and mix. Now add flour salt and ½ tsp of cinnamon, stir into creamed mixture. Apply the mixture evenly to the prepared jellyroll pan. Beat the egg white until it is frothy then spread it over of the prepared dough. Mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it along with the nuts on the cookies. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cut into desired shape while still warm and then let it cool completely in the pan itself. Yummy homemade sugar cookies without baking powder are ready!

Sugar Cookies Without Baking Powder - Recipe #4
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup butter
Preheat the oven to 175 degree C (350 degree F). Mix the butter and sugar together till they form a smooth paste. Add flour and make dough, roll it out to ½ inch thick. Cut the dough into desired shape, you can take the help of cookie cutters for that. Put the pieces onto ungreased baking basking sheet and heat for 20-25 minutes. This was the easiest recipe for sugar cookies without baking powder or baking soda.

These were some of the tasty sugar cookies recipes without baking powder. Not only the people who are allergic to baking powder, all others can also try these mouth watering sugar cookies without baking powder recipes! You can also refer to sugar cookies without eggs.

By Girija Shinde
Published: 11/13/2009
 
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