Paleo Gingerbread Cookies
These Paleo Gingerbread Cookies are the ultimate holiday treat—soft, chewy, and bursting with warm, spiced flavors.
Equipment
- 1 Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Electric mixer
- Gingerbread cookie shapes
- Icing and sprinkles optional
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup cashew flour
- 3/4 cup tapioca flour
- 3/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 tsp pure maple syrup
- 3 tbsp molasses
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the cashew flour, tapioca starch, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt.
- Add the coconut oil, maple syrup, molasses, egg and vanilla to the dry ingredients and beat with an electric mixer until a thick dough forms (It will be sticky and wet but when chilled it will harden so you can cut out your cookies) You may need to mix for a minute of two until the dough comes together.*
- Pour dough onto one sheet of parchment paper and lay a second piece atop
- Roll out the dough to a 1/4″ thickness. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- Peel the top layer of parchment off of the sheet of dough. Cut out gingerbread man shapes with a cookie cutter and place the gingerbread men 1″ apart on the prepared baking sheet. Roll remaining dough out to 1/4 inch and set back into fridge to cool to 10 minutes before making more cooking
- Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes. Let cool on the pan and store in an airtight container once cool.*
- Decorate with desired icing and toppings!
Freezer Directions:
- Once step 8 is complete and cookies have completely cooled, store in an air tight container and place in the freezer until you are ready to ice and/or serve cookies.
Notes
Note:
* Don’t worry about over-mixing the dough, no gluten means you cannot cause tough cookies. (Highly recommend using an electric mixture so all ingredients incorporate fully)
*To keep soft while storing, add a piece of bread to the container.
Recipe credit with minor alterations to mynaturalfamily.com
Nutrition
Serving: 2gCalories: 356kcalCarbohydrates: 38.5gProtein: 6gFat: 19.9gSaturated Fat: 7.2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 91mgFiber: 1.2gSugar: 7g
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