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Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies Recipe (Better Than the Original)

The AHA! Team — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 06:46:05 +0000

Recipe by: Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CN – Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies Recipe Gingerbread is a staple when it comes to holiday treats. The warm spices and sweetness from blackstrap molasses bring a delightful addition to your Christmas cookie collection. These gluten-free gingerbread cookies are perfect to add to your holiday traditions while packing some nutritional punch. COURSE: Dessert DIFFICULTY: Easy SERVINGS: 24 Ingredients ▢1 cup cashew butter ▢½ cup maple syrup ▢¼ cup blackstrap molasses ▢1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger ▢1 egg ▢1 teaspoon vanilla extract ▢1 teaspoon cinnamon ▢1 teaspoon ground ginger ▢½ teaspoon sea salt ▢⅓ cup coconut flour (or almond flour) ▢arrowroot starch, for dusting (optional)* Instructions Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, add in cashew butter, maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, fresh ginger, egg, vanilla extract, cinnamon, ground ginger and sea salt. Stir until well combined. Add in coconut flour and mix well again. Use a tablespoon to measure out the dough for each cookie. Bake for 12–15 minutes. Remove from oven and dust cookies with arrowroot starch for added effect, if desired. Notes If you want to make a gingerbread man, roll out some of the dough onto the baking sheet and bake for 10–12 minutes. Remove from oven, use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out the shape, and place back in the oven to bake for a couple more minutes. Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 15 min To read the original article, which includes thorough directions with visual examples, click here.

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Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

AHA Publisher — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:00:51 +0000

Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CN – Who would have thought that a cookie that uses the creator’s own fingerprint could be so pretty to look at, and so tasty to eat! Their small size makes it easy to satisfy your craving for something sweet without overindulging. This thumbprint cookie recipe uses nut or seed butter as a base instead of flour so the cookies are completely gluten-free. You can choose to use anything from almond butter to sunflower seed butter. The entire recipe only contains four ingredients: the nut or seed butter of your choice, egg, coconut sugar and a jam of your choice. They literally take only about five minutes to create and then you just pop them in the oven for a half hour. When it comes to homemade desserts, it doesn’t get much easier than this thumbprint cookie recipe. What Are Thumbprint Cookies? Thumbprint cookies are a type of handmade cookie. They are created by pressing the center of the dough with the thumb and then filling the impression with a tasty substance, most commonly jam. In Sweden, thumbprint cookies are called hallongrotta. The name is quite fitting — it means “raspberry cave” in Swedish. (1) Typical thumbprint cookie recipes include all-purpose flour, but my recipe leaves out the flour and replaces it with nutrient-rich nut butter (I chose almond). Most recipes also call for sugar, but this recipe uses coconut sugar, one of my five best sugar substitutes. How to Make Thumbprint Cookies You might have been told as a kid not to play with your food, but making thumbprint cookies actually requires being somewhat kid-like and getting your hands in the mix, literally. This recipe for jam thumbprint cookies allows you to use a jam of your choosing. I highly recommend choosing a jam that is free of added sugar. What’s a good jam choice? Raspberry thumbprint cookies are a popular choice and they are made with you guessed it — raspberry jam. If you’re not a fan of jam or just want to switch it up, you can also make chocolate thumb print cookies and sub a bit of high-quality dark chocolate for the jam. Around the winter holidays, thumbprint snowman cookies are also common. I’m about to tell you how to make easy thumbprint cookies using a jam of your choice that are quick, delicious and truly satisfying. While the oven is preheating to 350 F, add the nut or seed butter, egg and coconut sugar to a medium bowl. Next, mix the three ingredients until they are well combined. Now it’s time to get your baking sheet ready for action. Line a 8 x 10 baking sheet with parchment paper (preferably unbleached parchment paper). Roll the mixture into small balls and add them to the lined baking sheet about two inches apart. Now it’s time for the most enjoyable part of this recipe — the thumbprints! Using a clean thumb, make a small indent into the center of each cookie. Remember the prints don’t have to be perfect. Add a jam of your choice to the indents you just created with your thumb. Bake cookies for 20 to 25 minutes. Thumbprint Cookies Recipe This thumbprint cookie recipe uses nut or seed butter as a base instead of flour so the cookies are completely gluten-free. You can choose to use anything from almond butter to sunflower seed butter. The entire recipe only contains four ingredients: the nut or seed butter of your choice, egg, coconut sugar and a jam of your choice. They literally take only about five minutes to create and then you just pop them in the oven for a half hour. INGREDIENTS 1¼ cup nut or seed butter 1 egg ½ cup coconut sugar ½ cup jam of choice for filling, such as raspberry INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl, add the nut or seed butter, egg and coconut sugar. Mix until well combined. Line a 8 x 10 baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll mixture into balls and add them to the baking sheet. Using your thumb, make a small indent into the cookie. Add jam to indent. Bake for 20 minutes. To read the original article click here.

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Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

AHA Publisher — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:00:50 +0000

Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DMN, CNS – Gingerbread is a staple when it comes to holiday treats. The warm spices and sweetness from blackstrap molasses bring a delightful addition to your Christmas cookie collection. My gluten-free gingerbread cookies are perfect to add to your holiday traditions while packing some nutritional punch. What Is A Gingerbread Cookie? Gingerbread has been around as far back as 2400 B.C. in Greece. The recipes adapted from country to country, and gingerbread was traditionally decorated with animals or nature. Queen Elizabeth I is credited with the idea to decorate gingerbread cookies, which is why we see so many gingerbread man cookies these days. It was popular to make gingerbread men and other cookie shapes for fairs or dignitaries visiting the Queen’s court. When English colonists came to America, they brought their gingerbread recipes with them and typically baked gingerbread as soft loaves. (1) Key Ingredients These gluten-free gingerbread cookies wouldn’t be anything without fresh and ground ginger added to them. Ginger has been used for thousands of years as tonics for ailments and was a priceless commodity in the Roman empire around the time of Christ. It’s a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent, and I personally keep ginger essential oil stocked in my cabinet. Ginger can combat nausea, indigestion and even stroke and heart disease. I’ve included fresh ginger and ginger powder in my gingerbread cookie recipe to really pack in the powerful, healthful punch of ginger. If you have ginger essential oil on hand, this would be a perfect recipe to pour a drop or two in! Traditional gingerbread cookies have lots of flour, but I found a grain and gluten-free alternative to give these cookies a soft, chewy texture: cashew butter. How to Make Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. You’ll need to preheat your oven to 350 F. while preparing your cookies. This gluten-free gingerbread cookies recipe is super easy, because it only requires one bowl to mix it all up. I used cashew butter as the “flour” for this recipe. Cashews and cashew butter are rich in minerals like magnesium, copper and zinc. Cashews are full of healthy fats, protein and dietary fiber, making it a filling snack. Add cashew butter into a large mixing bowl, along with my favorite natural sweetener maple syrup. Next, pour in blackstrap molasses. Blackstrap molasses is a perfect pairing with ginger, and is a traditional sweetener for gingerbread recipes. Like other natural sweeteners, blackstrap molasses is loaded with vitamins and minerals not typically found in refined sugar. It is high in iron, which can help relieve PMS symptoms in women, and vitamin B6, which can help reduce stress. Take a knob of fresh ginger, peel, then grate about one tablespoon into the cashew butter mixture. The more fresh ginger, the spicier your gluten-free gingerbread cookies will be! I added one pastured egg to help bind the dough together. A teaspoon of vanilla extract rounds out the ginger flavor and adds another nice layer of antioxidant power. Top off the cashew butter mixture with cinnamon, ground ginger and sea salt. Mix all this together until well-combined. I also added in fiber-rich coconut flour to soak up some of the moisture of the dough, and keep these gingerbread cookies Paleo-friendly. Take a tablespoon and scoop out each cookie and place on the parchment lined baking sheet. The dough is sticky, so put water on your fingertips to help scoop the cookie dough onto the parchment paper. Bake in the oven for 12–15 minutes. *If you want to make a gingerbread man, roll out some of the dough onto the baking sheet and bake for 10–12 minutes. Remove from oven, use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out the shape, and place back in the oven to bake for a couple more minutes. The dough is soft and easily crumbled, so handle him delicately! Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies DESCRIPTION Gingerbread is a staple when it comes to holiday treats. The warm spices and sweetness from blackstrap molasses bring a delightful addition to your Christmas cookie collection. INGREDIENTS 1 cup cashew butter ½ cup maple syrup ¼ cup blackstrap molasses 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon sea salt ⅓ cup coconut flour arrowroot starch, for dusting (optional)* INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, add in cashew butter, maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, fresh ginger, egg, vanilla extract, cinnamon, ground ginger and sea salt. Stir until well combined. Add in coconut flour and mix well again. Use a tablespoon to measure out the dough for each cookie. Bake for 12–15 minutes. Remove from oven and dust cookies with arrowroot starch for added effect, if desired. To read the original article click here. For more articles from Dr. Axe click here.

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