Thanksgiving is almost here, and now is the perfect time to start rolling out the gingerbread recipes! Here’s a healthier version of an old favorite, the gingerbread cookie. The gingerbread cookie is a great recipe to do with your kids. My daughter, Meadow, helped me make and cut these gingerbread cookies out. She also dumped flour all over my kitchen counter and spooned handfuls of dough in her mouth when she thought I wasn’t looking. Gotta love kids.
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Most gingerbread cookies I have made in the past end up hard as rocks. I love that these cookies are a bit on the softer side. Probably due to the applesauce I put in them. These cookies have very little fat and contain no processed sugar so feel free to have a few!
Healthy Gingerbread Cookies
Healthy Gingerbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour (I used spelt flour )
- 1/3 cup + 1 T maple syrup
- 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2-1 T ginger (depending on how much kick you like)
- 1 flax egg (I used a flax egg)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 4 T applesauce
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl.
- Mix wet in another.
- Add dry to wet and mix only until combined.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and cut into two equal parts.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- After two hours, remove the dough from the fridge.
- Roll the dough onto a floured surface until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Please use additional flour if necessary.
- Cut dough into desired shapes and place them onto a lined baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for about 8 minutes and then let them cool a bit before removing.
- Set them aside to completely cool before decorating. Enjoy!
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