Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

Recipe by nutritionist and recipe developer Casey-Lee Lyons from Live Love Nourish.

Made with organic ingredients, this recipe is free from gluten, grains, dairy and refined sugar. Paleo and vegan friendly.

 

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups MyOrganics Almond Meal
2 tbsp coconut flour
2 tsp ground ginger powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp all spice
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
3 tbsp pure maple syrup

Organic dried fruit to decorate such as MyOrganics Cranberries and Currants.

Method

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
  2. Add melted coconut oil and maple syrup and combine well.
  3. Transfer dough to a flat surface lined with baking paper, shape and cover with anotherpiece of baking paper. Using a rolling pin roll out to 1/2 cm thick. Transfer to refrigeratorfor 1 hour or until firm (this helps cut shapes with a cookie cutter).
  4. Pre-heat oven to 170°C.
  5. Using a cookie cutter cut shapes into the dough and gently pop out the cookie shape onto a lined baking tray. Repeat until all dough is used up. Return flattened dough to refrigerator if needed to cut easily into shapes.
  6. Decorate with organic dried fruit, gently pushing into the dough.
  7. Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until golden.
  8. Allow to cool.

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