The holidays have officially arrived and baking season is here. There is nothing more festive than making gingerbread men! Here is a recipe for delicious vegan gingerbread cookies. These cookies are tasty and vegan-friendly.
Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients:
- 56g vegan butter
- 100g brown sugar
- 100g unsulphured molasses
- 1 flax egg (1 Tbsp flaxseed meal with 3 Tbsp hot water and allow it to sit for a minute.)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 250g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
Decorating Frosting:
- 120g icing Sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp soy milk
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Add the vegan butter and brown sugar to an electric mixing bowl and cream together.
- Add the molasses, vanilla and flax egg to the electric mixer and beat together with the vegan butter and brown sugar.
- Sift the flour into a bowl and add the baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves and mix together.
- Add all the dry ingredients into the mixing bowl containing the wet ingredients and mix into a thick batter.
- Add a generous amount of flour to a surface and transfer the cookie dough onto the baking surface.
- Roll it into a ball, adding flour as needed so it doesn’t stick.
- Roll out with a rolling pin to around a 1/4 inch thick and cut out some gingerbread men.
- Dip your cookie cutter in flour each time so it doesn’t stick. Move the gingerbread men to a parchment-lined baking tray.
- Gather the scraps of dough, form into a ball and roll out again, cutting out more men.
- Repeat this process until you have used all the dough.
- Place into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes and then remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before decorating.
- When you’re ready to decorate, mix the decorating frosting ingredients together.
- Decorate as you wish and enjoy your delicious, vegan gingerbread cookies.
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