Animal Cracker cookies are a childhood favorite, but not easily found with allergen-friendly or gluten-free options.
Here are a couple brands that make gluten-free and allergen-friendly animal crackers, but you’ll have to decorate them yourself to get those colorful cookies with nonpareil sprinkles: Glutino Animal Crackers (gluten and soy-free) and Kinnikinnick Gluten-free Animal Cookies (gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free).
ICING
MAKES: About 5 dozen cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 Color Kitchen Frosting Mix (choose your color!) with sprinkles
1 additional Color Kitchen color packet
milk or substitute
vanilla
coconut oil (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Put powdered sugar in medium sized mixing bowl and add 3 tbsp milk and ½ tsp vanilla. Stir with spoon or hand mixer on low. Add 1-2 more tsp milk depending on desired thickness.
Mix until smooth. Pour ⅓ cup icing (each) into 2 small bowls. Set aside remaining icing for white.
Open color packets and add ½ tsp of color to each icing bowl and stir. Add more color to get deeper shades. Stir until all the powder color is dissolved. Keep unused color airtight in packets.
If icing is still too thick, add ½ tsp milk at a time and stir until desired consistency is reached. Add ½ tsp melted coconut oil for sheen.
Dip cookie half way in one color of icing and then in a second color and twist, to get a marbled effect. Or colors can be combined into one larger bowl. If combining, do not mix colors together, but swirl once with a spoon, so when dipping cookies get coated by multiple colors.
While still wet, add a pinch of sprinkles over cookies. Allow to dry overnight.