The absolute best Vegan Sugar Cookie Bars made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients and topped with vanilla frosting, sprinkles and tastes almost too good to be true for a “healthier” sugar cookie recipe.
I cannot be trusted with jars of sprinkles guys.
I love baking with them and pretty much look for any excuse to break out my jar of rainbow sprinkles for any occasion. And lately it is for these epic SUGAR COOKIE BARS!
These kind of remind me of my Doughy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars meets Vegan Funfetti Sugar Cookies. They are sugar cookies in bar form and still perfectly moist and the outside has a little cookie crunch and crisp like we all love. I also frosted these, which I guess you can say is totally optional. But sugar cookies sans frosting are just not sugar cookies in my opinion.
This is the kind of recipe you will want to make over and over again. You can freeze some too so they are always on hand. And you can’t go wrong with any frosting you want on top. Just don’t forget to add the sprinkles but they are such a mood booster.
What ingredients you need to make gluten-free sugar cookie bars:
- Vegan butter – or use regular butter!
- Coconut sugar
- Non-dairy milk
- Vanilla extract
- Gluten-free oat flour
- Tapioca or arrowroot flour
- Sprinkles
- Frosting of choice + I used this natural food dye
How to bake and store these vegan sugar cookie bars:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8×8 baking dish and/or line with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, vanilla and milk until light and fluffy
- Add in flours and baking powder until fully combined
- Fold in sprinkles then press the dough into the baking dish and if you have time, let it sit in fridge for 10 minutes (it’s ok if not – I just think the bars stay together better if you pop in fridge before baking)
- Bake in oven for 18-22 minutes
- Allow the cookie bars to cool then ice and enjoy
- Store leftovers in airtight container for 3 days or in the fridge for 5 days. Or you can freeze for longer!
A few of my other favorite dessert recipes to make:
Vegan Funfetti Sugar Cookies (paleo)
Copycat Vegan “Snickers” Candy Bars (grain-free)
The BEST Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (gluten-free)
Healthy Flourless Brownies (nut-free + gluten-free)
Vegan Sugar Cookie Bars
The absolute best Vegan Sugar Cookie Bars made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients and topped with vanilla frosting, sprinkles and tastes almost too good to be true for a “healthier” sugar cookie recipe.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
Yield: 9 cookie bars 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegan butter, softened to room temperature (or use regular butter!)
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 6 tablespoons non-dairy milk
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups gluten-free oat flour
- 2 tablespoons tapioca or arrowroot flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
- Frosting of choice + I used this natural food dye
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8×8 baking dish and/or line with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, vanilla and milk until light and fluffy
- Add in flours and baking powder until fully combined
- Fold in sprinkles then press the dough into the baking dish and if you have time, let it sit in fridge for 10 minutes (it’s ok if not – I just think the bars stay together better if you pop in fridge before baking)
- Bake in oven for 18-22 minutes
- Allow the cookie bars to cool then ice and enjoy!
Notes
*Store leftovers in airtight continuer for 3 days or fridge for 5 days. Or add to freezer for 2 months
**I haven’t tested subs that aren’t listed here
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Madalyn
★★★★★
Do you think these would hold up as cupcakes?
Rachel
i haven’t tried – since they are cookie bars i don’t think so but if you try let us know!!