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These Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies are soft and chewy, warmly spicedandperfectly sweet! The bestfestive treat!
Why you'll love these Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies:
- they'resoftandchewy
- they'refudgy
- they'resubtly spiced
- they'redate-sweetened
- they'rerefined sugar free
- they'reoil-free
- they'regluten-free
- they'regrain-free
- they'repaleo-friendly
- they'reeasyto make
- they're ready in30 minutes
- they're perfect for Christmas
- they make a great edible gift!
How to make these Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies
Scroll down to the bottom ofthe post for the full recipe.
Place the dates,salt, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and almond butterin afood processororblender.
- Whizz until completely smooth.
- Transfer to a glass mixing bowl, add the ground walnuts and mix well.
Tip:To make ground walnuts, place walnuts in afood processorand pulse until you get a fine powder.
- Take a heaped tablespoon of the mixture and use your hands to form it into a small, circular, thick patty.
- Lay it out onto a rectangular baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Repeat until the rest of the batter is used up - you should be able to make 9 cookies.
Tip: If you find the mixture too gooey to shape with your hands, you can use a cookie scoop instead, and use your hands or the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly.
Bake in the oven for around 12 minutes - don’t worry if they’re quite soft when you take them out as they will firm up as they cool down.
- Drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired.
How long do these Ginger Cookies keep for?
These Ginger Cookies keep in an airtight containerin thefridgefor a goodfew days.
Substitutions you can make to this recipe:
- you can substitute thealmondbutterwith any other nut or seed butter:peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter etc
- the ground walnuts can be substituted with ground almonds or ground sunflower seeds
- you can addchocolate chips to the cookies!
More gluten-free vegan cookie recipes:
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Blueberry Breakfast Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Oatmeal Cookies
- Snickerdoodles
- Sugar Cookies
- Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Carrot Cake Cookies
- Millionaire Shortbread
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Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies
These Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies are soft and chewy, warmly spicedandperfectly sweet! The best festive treat!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: gluten-free ginger cookies, vegan cookie recipe, vegan ginger cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes minutes
Servings: 9 cookies
Calories: 106kcal
Author: Rhian Williams
Ingredients
- 90 g (½ cup) pitted dates soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 10 minutes
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cm (½ inch) fresh ginger , peeled
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon mixed spice (or sub a mixture of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg )
- 3 tablespoons smooth almond butter (or sub cashew or peanut butter)
- 60 g (½ cup) ground walnuts *(or sub ground almonds/almond meal**)
To decorate (optional):
- Dark chocolate , melted (ensure vegan/gluten-free if necessary)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
Drain the soaked dates and place in a blender or food processor with the salt, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and almond butter
Whizz until completely smooth
Transfer to a bowl, add the ground walnuts and mix well
Take a heaped tablespoon of the mixture and use your hands to form it into a small, circular, thick patty***
Lay it out onto a baking tray lined with baking paper (no need to grease it)
Repeat until the rest of the batter is used up - you should be able to make 9 cookies
Bake in the oven for around 12 minutes - don’t worry if they’re quite soft when you take them out as they will firm up as they cool down
Drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired - leave the chocolate to harden before putting away to store
Leave to cool completely before storing in an airtight container - keeps in the fridge for a good few days
Notes
*To make ground walnuts, place walnuts in afood processorand pulse until you get a fine powder.
**You can alternatively use almond flour
***If you find the mixture too gooey to shape with your hands, you can use a cookie scoop instead, and use your hands or the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly.
Nutrition Facts
Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 106Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Potassium 134mg4%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 2g4%
Calcium 29mg3%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Reader Interactions
Comments
Rachel Occomore
Hello
Is there any way of freezing these cookies?
Many thanksReply
Rhian Williams
Yes should be ok!
corinne
how do you think these would come out with an oat flour for half of the nut flour?
Reply
Rhian Williams
They'd turn out well I think!!
