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chewy gingerbread cookies on parchment paper

Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

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  • Author: Yasmeen Ali
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Chill Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 11 minutes
  • Total Time: 51 minutes
  • Yield: 8 cookies 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Description

These chewy gingerbread cookies are ooey-gooey and spiced to perfection! Plus, the sprinkle of raw coconut sugar on top gives these simple chewy gingerbread cookies an extra textural element. 


Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup (100 g) vegan butter, melted 
  • 3/4 cup (120 g) coconut sugar 
  • 2 tbsp (50 g) molasses 
  • 2 tbsp (27 g) cashew milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla paste 
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt 
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda 
  • 1 tsp ginger (use 1 1/2 tsp if you like your cookies more ginger forward)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon 
  • 1/4 tsp cloves 
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg 
  • 1 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp (195 g) spelt flour

Instructions

  1. Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl, followed by the coconut sugar. Whisk to combine. Next, add the molasses, cashew milk, vanilla paste, kosher salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Whisk well until a thick syrup forms. You’ll see the batter transform from lumpy to smooth and silky.
  2. Sprinkle in the spelt flour and fold together using a flexible rubber spatula until there are no streaks of flour remaining. Chill the dough in the freezer for 25 minutes. 
  3. While the dough chills, preheat the oven to 350°F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Using a 3 tbsp cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough out into balls, placing them evenly spaced apart on the cookie sheet (I usually do 6-8 cookies to a large baking sheet so they have room to spread). 
  4. Bake the cookies in the oven for 11 minutes or until the edges are golden-brown and the middle is still gooey. Remove from the oven and bang the pan on the counter 5-6 times; this will give you that signature tortoiseshell cookie look. Let cool for 10 minutes and sprinkle with extra coconut sugar for presentation.

Notes

Measure the ingredients carefully. When a recipe like this is scaled down drastically, there is less room for error (as in none at all). I highly recommend using the gram measurements for best results, because something as improperly measuring the flour can skew this recipe. And speaking of grams, linking the kitchen scale I use all the time here (it’s so chic).