Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies recipe. This perfect for the holidays recipe is ideal for making your favorite little people and festive cookie shapes!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Keyword: christmas cookies, cookies, gingerbread, gingerbread men
3/4cupspacked light brown sugar 2 tbsp + 2 tsp molasses
1large egg
2 1/2tspcinnamon
1tspallspice
1/2tspground ginger
1/4tspsalt
3cupsCup4Cup Gluten Free Multipurpose Flourscooped and leveled, plus more for rolling
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside. In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together.
Mix in the egg and molasses, scraping down the bowl to make sure its all incorporated. Stir in the spices and salt with a rubber spatula.
Stir in the flour, one cup at a time, with a spatula.Only add flour until it pulls away from the side of the bowl in a ball.
Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness
Bake for 8-9 min
Let sit 4-5 mins then place on a cooling rack.
Notes
If you have any brown sugar lumps, you should crush them up, pull them out or warm it in the microwave for 10 sec at a time until the brown sugar is easy to move.To use this recipe to make a house you’ll need to bake them for 14-16 mins as opposed to 8 min. Store at room temp in an airtight container for 7-10 days