Healthy Gingerbread Cookies (Vegan, Gluten Free, Paleo)
These healthy gingerbread cookies are so easy to make and perfect for holiday baking! They're gluten free, vegan, and paleo but still bring all the cozy gingerbread flavors.
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cup fine almond flour blanched
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½-3/4 teaspoons ground ginger based on preference
- ¼ teaspoons ground cloves based on preference
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ¼ cup almond/cashew butter
- ¼ cup avocado oil or any neutral oil
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- In a medium or large bowl, mix together the almond butter, molasses, avocado oil, almond flour, baking powder, salt, and spices. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough until it's about ⅛" thick (they won't rise so roll to the thickness you want in the end). Cut out shapes with cookie cutters or cups and place on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes. Let them cool before decorating/eating.
- Optional icing: mix powdered sugar with a bit of lemon juice until you get a thick icing (runny icing won't hold). Transfer to any bag (doesn't have to be a piping bag) and cut a very small hole at the tip. Then decorate and enjoy!