Description
Healthy Paleo Gingerbread Cookies made with tigernut flour and perfect for the holidays. Nut free, dairy free, egg free, grain free, Vegan and a no-chill dough.
Ingredients
Gingerbread Cookies
- 1 cup tigernut flour (105g) spooned & leveled
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour (66g)
- 1/4 cup ground flax (22g)*
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground clove
- 1/3 cup non-hydrogenated shortening**
- 2 Tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- water***
Vanilla Frosting
- 1/3 cup non-hydrogenated shortening
- 3 Tbsp powdered monk fruit sweetener
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
For the Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: tigernut flour, tapioca flour, ground flax, coconut sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove.
- Add in wet ingredients: shortening, molasses and vanilla. Mix first with a fork or spatula, then use your hands to combine the dough. The dough will appear too dry at first, keep working it with your hands until it comes together. Add a tablespoon or two of water if necessary.
- Roll the dough into a ball and flatten between two sheets of parchment paper. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough between the parchment until it is about 1/8" - 1/4" thick.
- Remove the top layer of parchment paper and cut out cookie shapes. Place the cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on the pan for at least 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
For the Frosting
- In a small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Mix until well combined.
- Scoop the frosting into a plastic baggie. Make a small hole in the bag by cutting off the corner.
- Pipe frosting onto completely cooled cookies.
Notes
*I use a coffee grinder to grind whole flax seed
**Non hydrogenated shortening (I use Nutiva's) is a great Paleo and Vegan butter alternative. Grass fed butter or a different brand of Vegan butter will work as a replacement. If dough is too dry, add more shortening, one tablespoon at a time.
***Depending on the brand of tigernut flour you use, you may need to add a little water to the dough. If the dough is too dry, add just 1 tablespoon of water and mix. Still too dry, add one more tablespoon. You shouldn't need more than 2.