Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

The smell of gingerbread baking is a welcome sign of the holidays. Here’s a gluten-free version that anyone can enjoy.

Best Health magazine, December 2012; Photo by Maya Visnyei

 

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Servings
24cookies
Servings
24cookies
Ingredients
Servings: cookies
Units:
Ingredients
Servings: cookies
Units:
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Mix 1'3/4 cups flour mix (reserve the rest) together with cream of tartar, salt, baking soda, xanthan gum and spices. Using a blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles pea-size crumbles.
  3. In a separate bowl, cream together remaining ingredients. Stir wet mixture into dry mixture and mix well. Form dough into a ball and flatten. Dust with a little flour mix, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.
  4. Sprinkle rolling surface with flour mix. Roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out gingerbread men with cookie cutter.
  5. Put parchment paper on a baking sheet and place gingerbread on top. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before decorating.
Recipe Notes

Per cookie (before decorating): 98 calories, 1 g protein, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 14 g carbohydrates, 1 g fibre, 10 mg chol­esterol, 107 mg sodium