Vegan gingerbread man cookies

Name: Vegan gingerbread man cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: American, European
Ingredients: 56g/¼ cup Vegan Butter; • 100g/½ cup Light Brown Sugar; • 100g/⅓ cup Unsulphured Molasses; • 1 Flax Egg (1 Tbsp Ground Flaxseed Meal + 3 Tbsp Hot Water); • ½ tsp Vanilla Extract; • 250g/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; • 1 tsp Baking Soda; • ¼ tsp Salt; • 2 tsp Ground Ginger; • 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon; • ¼ tsp Allspice; • ¼ tsp Ground Cloves

10 steps

Prep:1hCook:10min

A soft, chewy, ginger packed Christmas cookie that exudes nostalgia.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:28:23 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories45.2 kcal (2%)

Total Fat1.2 g (2%)

Carbs7.8 g (3%)

Sugars3.8 g (4%)

Protein0.6 g (1%)

Sodium33.7 mg (2%)

Fiber0.2 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

50 servings

56gVegan Butter

100gLight Brown Sugar

100gUnsulphured Molasses

1 TbspGround Flaxseed Meal

1 Flax Egg

3 TbspWater

Hot

½ tspVanilla Extract

250gunbleached all-purpose flour

1 tspbaking soda

¼ tspsalt

2 tspGround Ginger

2 tspground cinnamon

¼ tspallspice

¼ tspGround Cloves

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C)

Step 2

Add the vegan butter and light brown sugar to a large bowl and cream together using an electric mixer.

Bowl

Vegan Butter56g

Light Brown Sugar100g

Step 3

Make the flax egg by mixing 1Tbsp flaxseed Meal and 3Tbsp hot water, allow to sit for 1 minute.

Ground Flaxseed Meal1 Tbsp

Water3 Tbsp

Step 4

Add the molasses, vanilla and flax egg to the vegan butter and brown sugar mixture, mix again using the electric mixer.

Unsulphured Molasses100g

Ground Flaxseed Meal1 Tbsp

Water3 Tbsp

Vanilla Extract½ tsp

Step 5

Sift the flour into a bowl and add the baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves and whisk together.

Bowl

Whisk

unbleached all-purpose flour250g

baking soda1 tsp

salt¼ tsp

Ground Ginger2 tsp

ground cinnamon2 tsp

allspice¼ tsp

Ground Cloves¼ tsp

Step 6

Add all the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix into a thick batter.

Spatula

Step 7

Flour a surface and your hands very generously and transfer the cookie dough onto a flat surface. Roll it into a ball, adding flour as needed to avoid sticking.

Step 8

Roll out with a rolling pin to around a 1/2inch thick and cut out your gingerbread men. Dip the cookie cutter in flour each time so it doesn't stick. Move the gingerbread men to a parchment lined baking tray.

Rolling pin

Parchment paper

Baking sheet

Step 9

Gather the scraps of dough, form into a ball and roll out again, to cut out more gingerbread men. (Repeat this process until you have used all the dough.) Don't be shy to add more flour each time, gingerbread cookie dough can be quite sticky.

Rolling pin

Step 10

Place into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. Once baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack before decorating if you choose to do so.