Gluten-free Rolled Sugar Cookies

==Description==
Recipe makes about 20 cookies.
== Ingredients ==
* 1½ cups white rice flour
* ½ cup butter or margarine (cold)
* ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
* ½ cup sugar
* ½ teaspoon baking soda
* 1 egg (cold)
* 1½ teaspoon xanthan gum
* ½ teaspoon gluten-free vanilla, lemon, or almond flavoring
* ⅛ teaspoon salt 
== Directions ==
# Combine the rice flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, xanthan gum and salt.
# Mix well.
# Cut in the butter or margarine until the mixture is in crumbs the size of peas.
# In a small bowl beat the sugar, egg, and vanilla (or other flavoring) together.
# Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until the dough pulls away from the sides.
# Form the dough into a flat ball shape and refrigerate for one hour.
# Dust some freezer paper (not wax paper) with gluten-free flour or confectioner's sugar.
# Put the dough on the freezer paper and sprinkle with flour or confectioner's sugar.
# Roll the dough to ¼ inch thick and cut out shapes as desired.
# Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes.
# Cool on a wire rack.
Category:Cookie Recipes
Category:Gluten-free Recipes