These Frosted Gingerbread Cookies are soft, tender gluten-free ginger molasses cookies with a sweet & creamy dairy-free frosting. Perfect any time you're craving a soft gingerbread cookie and a favorite for holiday cookie trays!
Granulated maple sugar, or granulated sugar / granulated sweetener of choice such as monk fruit sweetener or Swerve for a lower sugar option, to roll the cookies in.
Frosting
8ozsoftened dairy-free cream cheese , we like Kite Hill or Miyokos. You can also use regular cream cheese if you're not dairy-free.
3tbspsoftened vegan butter, you can also use refined coconut oil, ghee or unsalted butter if you're not dairy-free
3-4tbsppure maple syrup, or preferred sticky liquid sweetener such as Lakanto sugar-free maple syrup or allulose for a lower sugar option
2/3tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg with maple syrup, molasses and vanilla.
Add a large fine mesh sieve over the bowl and sift in the flours and baking soda (or sift beforehand in another large bowl and stir in). Stir in the salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and allspice.
Form dough into 1 ½-inch - 2 inch balls then roll into a bowl filled with granulated sugar - sweetener. Place each ball on the baking sheet, leaving a 2-inch space between each dough ball.
Lightly press down on each dough ball. Bake for 10-15 minutes. The cookies will still be soft, but the edges are set and the bottom of the cookie will just be starting to brown. The cookies will continue to cook as they cool. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Meanwhile, beat together all the frosting ingredients. Taste and add more maple syrup as needed or for easier spreading.
Once the cookies are cool, use an offset spatula to spread evenly onto each cooled cookie. Sprinkle each cookie with a little dusting of ground cinnamon and serve.
Nutrition Facts
Frosted Gingerbread Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 0
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