Description
Gingerbread is a staple when it comes to holiday treats. The warm spices and sweetness from blackstrap molasses bring a delightful addition to your Christmas cookie collection.
Ingredients
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- ½ cup cashew butter (or almond butter)
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup blackstrap molasses
- 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup gluten-free flour (or Paleo flour)
- arrowroot starch, for dusting (optional)*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add in cashew butter, maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, fresh ginger, egg, vanilla extract, cinnamon, ground ginger and sea salt.
- Stir until well combined.
- Add in the flour and mix well again.
- Use a tablespoon to measure out the dough for each cookie.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and dust cookies with arrowroot starch for added effect, if desired.
Notes
If you want to make a gingerbread man, roll out some of the dough onto the baking sheet and bake for 10–12 minutes. Remove from oven, use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out the shape, and place back in the oven to bake for a couple more minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: English
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 103
- Sugar: 6.7 g
- Sodium: 114 mg
- Fat: 8.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 7.4 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 0.4 g
- Cholesterol: 27 mg