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Unicorn Cookies for Christmas

These Christmas cookies are delightful and fun for the magical unicorn-lover in your life.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Frosting & Drying3 hours
Total Time3 hours 40 minutes
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Calories: 283kcal
Author: www.peacelovechristmas.com

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 cup coconut oil room temperature
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tspn vanilla extract clear
  • 2 tspn baking powder
  • 3 cups flour

Icing

  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/2 tspn vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp Red gel food coloring or less
  • 1 tsp Black food marker or less
  • 1 tsp Green gel food coloring or less
  • 1 tsp Star Sprinkles or less
  • 1 tsp Gold Edible Glitter or less
  • tsp vanilla extract to mix with edible glitter

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cream the sugar and coconut oil then add aquafaba (or eggs–again, I was just out of them) and vanilla extract, mixing until combined. Set aside.
  • Sift together flour and baking powder into a second bowl.
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 1/3 increments, stirring between each increment. The dough will be crumbly, but it’s supposed to be.
  • Turn out the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper. You do not need to dust the parchment paper with flour as the dough will not stick to it.
  • Roll the dough flat to approximately 1/4-inch thick.
  • With a unicorn cookie cutter, cut out your cookies.
  • Remove the excess cookie dough from around the cookies. 
  • Do not try to move the cookies individually, but transfer the whole parchment paper sheet to the cookie sheet.
  • Bake your cookies for 10 minutes. Transfer the parchment paper to a wire rack and allow the cookies to cool completely.
  • To make the icing, combine the icing ingredients in a small bowl and beat until smooth.
  • Place 1/3 of the icing in a second bowl. 
  • Split this smaller portion of icing in half in two bowls.
  • With one small bowl of icing, add 8 or so drops of red food coloring and stir. 
  • With the other bowl of icing, add 6 or so drops of green food coloring and stir. 
  • Using the white icing, pipe a small line around the edge of the cookie, then immediately filling it in completely.
  • Let this layer of icing crust over and dry for 2-3 hours.
  • With the red icing, add small strips of mane. Allow this layer of icing to crust over for 30 minutes.
  • With the green icing, fill in any remaining strips of mane. 
  • Place a star sprinkle on the green section of mane close behind the horn.
  • Mix the vanilla extract with the edible glitter and paint each horn.
  • With the black edible marker, draw in a nostril and closed eye.
  • Allow the marker, icing and glitter to dry for 2-3 hours.
  • Enjoy!