Just in time for the Christmas season: A recipe for Molasses-Free & Vegan Gingerbread Cookies. These aren’t like your typical soft gingerbread, they are gingerbread-flavored crispy cookies. They are the perfect Christmas cookies!
So my goal for these Gingerbread cookies was to make them without molasses. Because I really dislike working with the sticky mess and I end up having leftover molasses in the pantry all year around. And they worked great! These they aren’t like the typical soft gingerbread, they are crispy gingerbread cookies.
These Christmas cookies get their specific gingerbread taste from the cinnamon and ginger powder. If you’re looking for more vegan Christmas cookies, make sure you check out these No-Bake Marzipan Rum Balls or the easiest Christmas cookies ever with only two ingredients!
Recipe for Molasses-Free & Vegan Gingerbread Cookies. They are the perfect Christmas cookies!
- 1 1/3 cup white flour - divided
- 1/2 cup white sugar (make sure it's vegan!)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/8 cup almond milk (or any other plant-based milk)
- 1/4 cup cold vegan butter (EarthBalance, Alsan,...)
Combine the dry ingredients: 1 cup of flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon powder and ginger powder. Give it a quick whisk. Add in the maple syrup, vegan butter (cut in small pieces) and almond milk. Mix and knead with your hands while adding the remaining 1/3 cup of flour until it's a smooth dough.
Cover the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes (the dough should be cold when you roll it out). Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface and cut out cookies with a cookie cutter until all the dough is used up. Transfer them on a baking sheet and bake them in the oven for about 10 minutes. They are quite soft fresh out of the oven but they will harden once cooled, so let them cool off completely, before munching them or decorating them further.
Should you decide to give this christmas recipe a try I’d love to hear how it turned out for you! Leave a comment or post a picture on instagram, use the hashtag #elephantasticvegan and tag me via @elephantasticvegan to make sure I’ll see it ^.^ I love to see all your lovely creations! Thanks! <3
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Yes! Let the baking begin :)
OMG!!! These are just too cute for words <3 The fact that you made them into elephants…awwww so perfect! And such a fun challenge making them molasses free, that stuff can be such a mess I swear it just leaves a trail of stickiness no matter how much I clean the bottom of the bottle :D Cookie season is on!!
hahaha, yeah, molasses are a sticky mess. I never used it much, except for gingerbread, and then I had half a jar sitting in the pantry for a year, so making molasses-free gingerbread cookies was my way to deal with that :) I love cookie season! ^.^
these are so freakin cute! Could you use stevia instead of xylitol? xo
Thanks! I haven’t worked with stevia before. It could definitely work with granulated stevia (but I’m not sure if it’s a 1-to-1 conversion rate). It’s definitely worth a try :)
Is there something wrong with the temperature and liquid amounts?
180* C = ~350 F
but you have 80*F listed as the temperature…
Also my dough is just powder I had to add a ton of water to get it to hold together.
Hi Tara, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! The temperature was most definitely an error. I’ve just remade the cookies and I’ve updated the ingredients and instructions. It needs a bit more milk, plus I’ve added in the instructions to use the hands for kneading the dough. It will need the body’s warmth for the butter to get warm enough to bind everything together :)
I had the same issue as the other commenter with my dough essentially being a powder. I added some more almond milk but it was too much and my dough was too wet. Added some more flour and it came out pretty good though. I’ll have to try again with a different amount of almond milk and see how it comes out. Wasn’t really “gingerbread” to me but that’s just because of not using molasses I’m sure. Tasted and cooked great after all that though!
Thank you so much for your comment, Chris! I’ve just remade the cookies and I’ve updated the ingredients and instructions. You’re right, it needs a bit more almond milk, plus I’ve added in the instructions to use the hands for kneading the dough. It will need the body’s warmth for the butter to get warm enough to bind everything together :) Yeah, it’s not a typical gingerbread recipe, it’s more like gingerbread-flavored cookies. Glad you liked them nonetheless! :)
second winter i made them, super quick, super easy, super appreciated ! thank you
So glad to hear that, Célia!! <3