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Recipes / Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

AIPDairy FreeGluten FreeVeganVegetarianBy Madison Suttles  Published: 12/11/2020  Updated: 12/20/2022
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Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies – Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies are a must-bake every holiday season. They’re basically the epitome of Christmas cheer! This Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies Recipe is also free of dairy, eggs, and refined sugar. This way, you can be sure that everybody can enjoy one, regardless of intolerances, special diets, or allergies!

Ready to learn how to make this holiday staple from scratch? Keeping reading for all of the details!

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Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday! I love the story of Christmas, decorations, music, and especially the food! However, when I began using diet to manage my Crohn’s Disease, holiday treats became much more difficult to navigate. Because of this, I made it my mission to remake as many holiday recipes as I possibly could to fit into an anti-inflammatory diet!

Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies is a recipe I developed in order to continue enjoying my holiday treats, without the inflammatory effects that gluten, dairy, and refined-sugar have on my body. Because of this, my Gingerbread Cookies Recipe is free of grains, dairy, refined-sugar, and eggs! It’s vegan, paleo, and can even be modified for the AIP diet. The best part is, you wouldn’t even notice these cookies are healthy! I even put this recipe to the test by bringing them to Christmas parties of friends and family members that don’t avoid any specific ingredients in their diets, and I’ve received only positive feedback. Much of this feedback being shown by the tray being left with only crumbs just halfway through the night! What a win!

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How to Make Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

Conventional gingerbread cookies rely on molasses, brown sugar, and spices for their distinct, gingerbread flavor. Because of this, the ingredients in this cookie is rather simple, and definitely not one of the worst recipes out there for your health. Brown sugar is healthier than white sugar because molasses is actually very nutrient-dense.

So what’s the problem? While conventional homemade gingerbread cookies use “real” ingredients, they can still be highly inflammatory. This is normally due to the gluten, dairy, and refined-sugar that is added. This is especially an issue for those of us who with autoimmune diseases, or who are prone to chronic inflammation.

But don’t worry! With a few easy swaps, you can enjoy anti-inflammatory, gut-friendly gluten free gingerbread cookies in just a few minutes.

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Simple Swaps for Clean Gingerbread Cookies

I always approach my recipes with a “swap” mentality. I pick a junky recipe I love, and brainstorm the most effective and delicious ways to swap each ingredient out one-by-one. By the end, I have a clean version of whatever I wanted to recreate that day!

So what were the swaps in this recipe? Let’s get into it!

Swap All-Purpose Flour for Coconut Flour

As a general rule-of-thumb, coconut flour is NOT an adequate replacement for all-purpose flour on it’s own. It usually needs to be combined with a mix of other flours to achieve the correct texture.

However, combined with the other ingredients in this Gingerbread Cookie Recipe, it works out perfectly!

Swap Brown Sugar for Date Sugar

Date sugar is simply just dried and ground up dates. It’s a nutrient-dense, delicious, and natural alternative to any other granulated sugar in a recipe.

Date sugar can easily be replaced with coconut sugar in this recipe if desired.

Swap Molasses for Date Syrup

…or don’t! Molasses is actually an option on the AIP protocol, and is a natural sweetener. However, my stomach handles date syrup best, therefore, I opted for this swap instead. In my experience, date syrup and molasses work interchangeably, and on a 1-for-1 ratio.

Swap Butter for Coconut Oil

I choose to completely stay away from dairy in order to control my inflammation, and keep my body functioning properly. Because of this, butter is out. However, if you don’t avoid butter, butter or ghee would work fine in this recipe as well.

Coconut oil is a great swap for butter, and I’ve never noticed a difference in flavor in baking recipes.

Swap Conventional Icing for Coconut Manna Icing

Conventional icing uses refined-sugar, milk or cream, and butter. This icing requires only coconut manna, vanilla, and honey (or maple if preferred). It’s the perfect vanilla icing swap, that actually hardens like normal gingerbread icing!

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More Ways to Enjoy Gingerbread

If you love gingerbread as much as I do, you might be looking for more ways to enjoy this spice-filled holiday treat! Here are a few of my favorite gingerbread recipes:

Recipe for Gingerbread Loaf: Recipe for Gingerbread Loaf is healthy and delicious. Made with pureed pumpkin, naturally sweetened and a boost of Omega-3’s.

Gingerbread Muffins: Grain-free, and another great way to enjoy gingerbread this holiday season, these Gingerbread Muffins are a must-try! Make them the night before for a tasty gingerbread breakfast!

Gingerbread Cereal: No recipe needed for this one…simply break your Gingerbread Cookies up into small chunks, and enjoy with plant-based milk for a “sugary” cereal without all of the health repercussions.

Paleo Gingerbread Pancakes: Want another tasty and festive way to start your morning? Try Grain-free Gingerbread Pancakes!

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Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies are perfect for the holiday season and allergy-friendly. No eggs, gluten, grains, refined sugar or nuts.

  • Author: Madison Suttles
  • Prep Time: 15 min.
  • Cook Time: 15 min.
  • Total Time: 30 min.
  • Yield: 12–14 1x

Ingredients

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DOUGH

  • 3/4 cup coconut flour (+ a tbsp or so more for dusting)
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup date sugar
  • 1/4 cup date syrup
  • 2 flax eggs, or gelatin eggs if AIP (instructions below)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 pinch Himalayan pink salt
  • 1.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 Pinch of cloves
  • 1 Pinch of cardamom (omit for AIP)

FLAX EGGS (2)

  • 2 tbsp flaxseed meal
  • 5 tbsp water

GELATIN EGGS

  • 2 tbsp gelatin
  • 1 tbsp warm water
  • 5 tbsp hot water

ICING

  • 1 cup coconut manna
  • 1 tsp vanila extract
  • 3 tbsp honey or maple

Instructions

DOUGH

  1. Begin by preheating the oven to 350º f. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Mix ingredients for flax eggs, and set aside (flax eggs should take around 5 minutes to thicken). If using gelatin eggs, combine water, and sprinkle in a very thin layer of gelatin in water until all gelatin is used. Whisk as you go. 
  3. Using an electric mixer (preferably), mix coconut oil (room temp.), date sugar, date syrup, and vanilla extract. Once thoroughly combined, add flax (or gelatin) eggs (once they have thickened) and mix again. 
  4. Add in all dry ingredients, and mix again.
  5. Place parchment paper on the counter, and sprinkle with coconut flour. Scoop dough onto paper. Place another piece of parchment over dough, and roll using a rolling pin until around 1/3 inch thick. Remove parchment paper from top.
  6. Using cookie cutter shape of choice, cut out shapes in the dough. Using a thin, sharp spatula, lift cookies from parchment, and place on lined baking sheet.
  7. Recombine remaining dough (adding more coconut flour if necessary) and roll once again. Cut shapes, and transfer to lined baking sheet. Repeat this process until all dough has been used.
  8. Place in the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until just beginning to crisp on the sides. Remove, and allow to fully cool.

ICING

  1. Melt coconut manna down for 30 seconds at a time, until the mixture can be easily scooped.
  2. Mix all ingredients in a high speed mixer, and set aside.
  3. Once gingerbread cookies have fully cooled, use a butter-knife to spread icing onto cookies. For a smoother look, press down using your finger, or a spoon.
  4. Allow to harden, or enjoy immediately! 

 

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