SIMPLY SWEET EINKORN COOKIES

Delightful Einkorn Sugar Cookies for healthier bakes, family fun, and gifts for friends!

Baked Einkorn Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Bean

ABOUT EINKORN SUGAR COOKIES WITH VANILLA BEAN:

Savor the sweet, uplifting aroma of vanilla bean and maple while you craft einkorn cookie dough into sweet treats for (or with) family and friends.

The ingredients come together quick. The all-purpose einkorn wheat doesn’t require long mix times. And, the einkorn cookies stay soft even after freezing.

Einkorn flour delivers a soft dough ready for your favorite holiday cookie cutters. Bring out the hearts, candy canes, Christmas trees, fall leaves, and pumpkins.

Baked einkorn cookies turn out a golden-brown color speckled with vanilla bean throughout. Feel free to frost them or leave them plain. They taste delightful plain, and unfrosted cookies pair well with coffee and/or tea.

REMINDER

I developed this recipe using all-purpose einkorn wheat flour from Jovial. Using a different flour may change the outcome.

candy canes and heart einkorn sugar cookies sweetened with maple sugar and honey

HELPFUL EQUIPMENT
Mixer – a hand mixer works well. It’s not a large amount of dough
Silicone dough mat – this mat makes it easy to roll out einkorn sugar cookies without much in the way of added flour
Rolling pin – a small wooden rolling pin will do
Cookie cutters – get shapes with an open center that allows you to push the cookie out of the mold. It’s a soft Einkorn cookie dough
Sifter – sift the dry ingredients into the wet with this

INGREDIENTS
Unsalted butter – high quality European style unsalted butter, pasteurized organic cream without additives
Maple sugar – organic granulated maple without additives
Honey – raw honey
Egg – bring to room temperature
Apple cider vinegar – organic, raw apple cider vinegar
Almond extract – pure almond extract
Einkorn flour – all-purpose einkorn wheat flour
Baking powder – aluminum free
Vanilla bean powder – pure ground Madagascar vanilla beans, no additional ingredients
Sea salt – not iodized table salt, we want the minerals

PREP BEFORE STARTING

Set the butter and egg out before starting the recipe so they come close to room temperature. I set the butter out the night before (not the egg).

Sometimes I forget to set the egg out in time on the day I make the recipe so I simply run it under warm water (or set it in a dish of warm water) for a minute or so.

Creamed ingredients for einkorn sugar cookies

dry ingredients including einkorn flour for einkorn cookies

SET UP YOUR SPACE

Prepare a cutting board. Line it with a silicone mat.
Set your rolling pin and a bit of extra einkorn flour out for dusting the mat and the pin nearby.
Choose your cookie cutters.

HOW TO SERVE

Serve frosted or unfrosted.
They pair well with coffee or tea. I recommend tea.

einkorn sugar cookie dough wrapped for refrigeration

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

Make sure to soften the butter. I set mine out the night before.
Use warm water to bring the egg to room temperature if necessary.
Mix the batter just until creamy rather than grainy.

einkorn cookie dough cut into Christmas Shapes

WHAT TO AVOID

Don’t overmix the batter.
Avoid using butter with additives. It won’t give the same results.
We don’t want even partially melted butter so don’t microwave it.
Don’t mix a cold egg with the creamed butter and maple sugar.
When you measure the honey, don’t add all the extra that sticks to the outside of the measuring spoon or your batter may end up too soft and the einkorn cookies may not hold their shape as well. Just use a tablespoon of it.

STORAGE AND LEFTOVER TIPS

Store the prepared dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour (up to 24 hours) before shaping the dough.
If you prepare the dough, but aren’t ready to shape the cookies, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in a zipper bag and store it in the freezer. Defrost it in the refrigerator when ready to use.
Alternatively, wrap it in parchment paper and then store it in a freezable airtight container.
For baked cookies, store them in the refrigerator, or freezer, until hours before serving, then let them come to room temperature in an airtight container.

Einkorn Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Bean