Gingerbread Cookies
*Originally Featured in dōTERRA's 2013 Holiday Guide.
These delicious Gingerbread Cookies will be a huge hit during your next holiday event. These cookies are gluten-free, sugar-free, and vegan, so you can happily offer them to your friends and family who have diet restrictions. Plus, they taste great and can be enjoyed by all.
Ingredients
1 ⅓ cup buckwheat flour
⅔ cup tapioca flour
⅔ cup sorghum flour
1 tablespoon chia seed meal
1 tablespoon flax seed meal
⅓ cup of coconut palm sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 drops Cinnamon Bark oil
2 drops Ginger oil
2 drops Clove oil
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
45 drops liquid-Stevia
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Combine dry ingredients in bowl and whisk.
- Combine wet ingredients in bowl and mix until well combined.
- Add essential oils.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients on slow speed until combined.
- Put a small handful of buckwheat flour onto clean surface and place dough on top.
- Roll until ¼–½ inch thick.
- Take cookie cutter and cut out shapes.
- Place cutouts onto cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and let cool.
- Top with icing if desired.
Gingerbread Cookies
Servings:24
Prep Time:15-20 min.
Cook Time:15 min.
Difficulty:Medium
Ingredients:
1 ⅓ cup buckwheat flour
⅔ cup tapioca flour
⅔ cup sorghum flour
1 tablespoon chia seed meal
1 tablespoon flax seed meal
⅓ cup of coconut palm sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 drops Cinnamon oil
2 drops Ginger oil
2 drops Clove oil
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
45 drops liquid-Stevia
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Combine dry ingredients in bowl and whisk.
- Combine wet ingredients in bowl and mix until well combined.
- Add essential oils.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients on slow speed until combined.
- Put a small handful of buckwheat flour onto clean surface and place dough on top.
- Roll until ¼-½ inch thick.
- Take cookie cutter and cut out shapes.
- Place cutouts onto cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and let cool.
- Top with icing if desired.
Tips:
Keep children entertained at your next holiday party by putting out some plain gingerbread cookies and icing.