Healthy gingerbread men (gluten free)

These healthy gingerbread men are perfect for your holiday cookie exchange! Made with almond flour, coconut oil, coconut sugar, and molasses, they are gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar free. All you need is two bowls and a few minutes to mix up the dough!

Course Dessert, gluten-free, paleo

Cuisine American

Keyword gingerbread men

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings cookies

Calories 172kcal

Author Erin Antoniak

Ingredients

2.5 cups almond flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ cup molasses
½ cup coconut sugar
1 egg
¼ cup coconut oil - melted if dough seems too dry, increase by adding one tablespoon more at a time
1 teaspoon vanilla

For homemade icing:

1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoon water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F
Mix together almond flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, salt, and coconut sugar (dry ingredients)
In a separate bowl, stir together all wet ingredients (egg, molasses, melted coconut oil)
Add dry ingredients to wet and stir to combine
Once combined, allow dough to chill in fridge for at least 1 hour (I did overnight, then let it sit the next at room temp for 15 minutes).
Roll dough to ¼ inch thick and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. If dough is too warm and tough to work with, place back in the fridge for at least another 30 minutes.
Bake at 350F for 11-13 minutes
Allow to cool completely before decorating

Notes

Number of cookies/nutrition will depend on size of cookie cutter

Nutrition