Gluten-free molasses cookies
Chewy spiced molasses cookies with crackled sugar tops, rolled and baked together 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
- 2.75 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour blend, a blend with xanthan gum
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.33 cup granulated sugar, for rolling
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Whisk the flour blend, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves together.
- Beat the butter and brown sugar until light, then beat in the molasses, egg and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour mixture until a soft dough forms.
- Roll balls in granulated sugar and space them two inches apart.
- Bake until cracked on top and set at the edges, then cool.10 min timer
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Sweetened with molasses and brown sugar, held together by a certified gluten-free flour blend.
- Kid (4–12): Warm cinnamon and ginger spice with a chewy center, and sugar crystals to roll in little hands.
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