Gingerbread is a holiday staple, and this one is guilt-free! Katinka Bencs from Katinka's Nourishing Kitchen joined GDL to show us her healthier gingerbread recipe. She also gave us a few other ideas for how to use the cookies.
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Gingerbread blend:
In a large bowl, mix together:
1/2 cup coconut oil OR butter (room temp is easiest) OR ghee
1/2 cup honey OR agave if vegan
then add:
2 egg yolks OR 3 tbsp JUST egg to make it vegan
Blend soft butter / ghee / coconut oil with honey with a handheld mixer. Once you add the egg yolks and all three wet ingredients are mixed well, add in the gingerbread cookie blend.
It will be a very sticky dough. Scrape down the sides with a spatula, form it in a ball and place it to the fridge for 15-30 minutes. As it cools it will be easier to work with.
At this point, you can keep it in the fridge for 3 days in an airtight container.
Dust one of the parchment papers with some tapioca flour (or whatever flour you use at home or none if you don't have any — that’s OK too) and place the other parchment paper on top. Roll out dough to about 1/4 - 1/5 inch thick and peel off the top parchment paper.
Using your cookie cutters, create your shapes and place cookies gently on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
Collect the leftover pieces, roll them in a ball and refrigerate a bit if it's too sticky to work with before you create your next round of cookies.
You can brush them with egg wash if you like your cookies shiny.
Bake it for 6-8 minutes at 375 degrees. Watch them, because they burn fast!
Once baked, let them cool. Be careful; they break very easily at this point.
Decorate with icing or just leave them as they are.
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