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Our Favorite Gingerbread Cookies
Erica Barlow

Our Favorite Homemade Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

Made with spelt flour, coconut sugar, and pure molasses, these cookies will not disappoint!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 2.5 dozen 2 1/2 inch cookies
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter, salted
  • 1 1/2 cups pure molasses
  • 2/3 cup cold water
  • 7 cups spelt flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (I avoid table salt and opt for a less processed salt, such as Himalayan pink salt.)
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (If you do not have allspice or cloves, just substitute cinnamon, increasing your cinnamon amount to 3 teaspoons.)

Method
 

  1. Mix coconut sugar, butter, pure molasses, and water.
  2. Stir in remaining ingredients.
  3. OPTIONAL: Cover and refrigerate 2 hours up to a day to help the flour hydrate and for the flavors to blend.
  4. Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease cookie sheet lightly, if needed.
  5. Roll about 1/4 of the dough 1/4 inch thick on a floured board or clean counter. Cut with floured gingerbread cutter or simply roll dough into balls and then flatten (about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie). Repeat process until you work through the rest of the dough.
  6. Place cookies about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned. (I typically like to keep the cookies still soft-to-the-touch and let them cool down before removing from cookie sheet and frosting.)

Notes

For delicious, homemade cream cheese frosting, check out the blog Just Jessie B. and search for "Paleo Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting" or paste this link into your browser: https://www.justjessieb.com/2020/03/carrot-cake-cupcakes/.  The recipe calls for cream cheese, butter, salt, vanilla, and powdered sugar.  It spreads and tastes great and is free of the fillers and additives used in conventional, pre-made frostings!