Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup vegan butter (2 sticks)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 egg-replacer (We used 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 Tablespoon vinegar, 1 Tablespoon water; a regular egg will also work)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Yellow food coloring
  • Red food coloring
  • 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
  • Water

Instruction

  • Cream butter and sugar together with an electric mixer for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
  • Prepare egg replacer in a separate bowl.
  • Add egg replacer and vanilla to creamed butter mixture and stir to combine.
  • Add flour and salt to butter mixture and stir to combine.
  • Divide dough into 3 equal sections.
  • Make a well in one section and add one to two drops of yellow food coloring. Knead dough until coloring is evenly distributed. Set aside.
  • Make a well in the second section of dough and add a drop of yellow food coloring and a drop of red food coloring. Knead dough until coloring is evenly distributed. Set aside.
  • Note that the third section is not colored with food coloring.
  • Line a 9 x 5 inch bread loaf pan with plastic wrap and lightly spritz with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Press dough into the loaf pan in layers in the following order: plain, orange, yellow.
  • Cover and chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
  • Preheat oven to 350 °F.
  • Turn dough out onto a work surface.
  • Slice dough in 3/8 inch thick slices (as if you were slicing bread.)
  • Lay each slice on its side and cut into triangles (see picture above.)
  • Bake cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 7-9 minutes. Note that the cookies will continue to set after they are removed from the oven and should not be brown when you take them out.
  • Allow cookies to cool completely.
  • To make frosting, combine confectioners' sugar with 1 teaspoon of water. If necessary, add small amounts of water or confectioners' sugar until the mixture is a thick glaze.
  • Dip tips of cookies in the glaze, scraping excess off of the bottom of the cookie.
  • Allow glaze to set before serving.