Gluten-free gingerbread cookies
Soft-centered cut-out gingerbread people with molasses, ginger and cinnamon, baked in a gluten-free flour blend for the holiday tin.
- Celiac
- Hashimoto's
- Low-FODMAP
- Toddlers
- High blood pressure
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- IBS
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free Christmas cookies
- Gluten-free Christmas
- Gluten-free desserts
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Ingredients
- 375 g gluten-free flour blend, a blend with xanthan gum, plus extra for dusting
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp salt
- 115 g butter, softened
- 100 g dark brown sugar
- 120 ml molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- Beat the butter and brown sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Whisk the flour blend, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt in a bowl.
- Beat in the molasses, egg and vanilla, then the flour mix, until a soft dough forms.
- Chill the dough until it holds its shape when rolled.60 min timer
- Roll to 1/4 inch thick, cut gingerbread people, and bake at 350°F.10 min timer
- Cool until the edges firm and the centers stay soft.10 min timer
Why it works
- Celiac disease: The dough is built entirely on a gluten-free flour blend, with no wheat, barley or oats anywhere.
- Kid (4–12): Warm ginger and cinnamon, soft middles, and people shapes to decorate and eat.
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