Homemade Gingerbread Cookies
Vegan Gingerbread Cookies are perfect for your holiday baking schedule. These spiced cookies make for a great alternative to decorating.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 107kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 3 tablespoons water
- ¾ cup vegan butter, softened (170g)
- ¾ cup brown sugar (165g)
- ⅔ cup molasses (227g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 ¼ cup flour (390g)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- Royal Icing recipe, Optional
Instructions
- Combine 1 tablespoon ground flax seed with 3 tablespoon water and in a small bowl and let sit for 10 minutes. *This makes a flax egg.
- While that's sitting, in a large bowl, beat together ¾ cup softened vegan butter, ¾ cup brown sugar and ⅔ cup molasses until creamy, about 3 minutes. When flax egg is ready, add that and 1 teaspoon vanilla to the bowl and beat again.
- Add in 3 ¼ cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon ground ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon each cloves and salt, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg. Stir these together with a spatula until combined.
- Use hands to form 2 equal size balls. Set aside. Lay down a piece of parchment paper, then one ball, then another same size piece of parchment paper on top. Roll out dough to ¼" thick.
- Preheat oven to 350˚F (177˚C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut out gingerbread men or other desired shapes. Transfer cut outs to a baking sheet.
- Place in oven and cook for 9-11 minutes. *Shorter time for smaller cut outs, longer time for bigger cut outs.
- Remove and transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before icing. Repeat with remaining ball of dough.
- Decorate as desired. We recommend our vegan royal icing to decorate these dairy free gingerbread cookies.
Notes
*Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Does not include icing values.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 180IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
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