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    Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

    Published: Dec 13, 2023 · Modified: Nov 15, 2024 by Cinde LittleThis post may contain affiliate links2 Comments

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    Gluten free gingerbread cookies are already a tradition in many gluten free kitchens. Whether you make gingerbread men, Ninja-bread men, glittery snowflakes, tiny cutouts or my fancy gingerbread Christmas Tree, the holiday season is all about cookies for some of us.

    A cooling rack covered in gingerbread men, some with a heart shape space in the center. this gluten free recipe

    Cookie baking is an activity to be enjoyed. I love the aroma of gingerbread in my kitchen and Christmas music playing in the background, even if I'm by myself. Giving away holiday cookies is part of my tradition. I fill cellophane bags and cute boxes, use festive ribbon and give with abandon. Julia Child would have liked that.

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    • Tips For Making Gluten Free Cookies
    • Organize Like a Celiac
    • Variations for Gingerbread
    • Equipment
    • Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

    Ingredients

    I had to use a different flour blend to finally make the gingerbread cookies I remember. The combination that worked is what I now call my Cookie Flour Blend. It includes almond flour and brown rice flour, two favourite flours for gluten free cookies.

    • gluten free Cookie Flour Blend (brown rice flour, almond flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, xanthan gum)
    • cocoa
    • ground ginger
    • cloves
    • cinnamon
    • baking soda
    • butter
    • sugar
    • egg
    • molasses
    • cream

    See recipe card for exact amounts.

    How To Make a Gluten Free Cookie Flour Blend

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    Tips For Making Gluten Free Cookies

    Over the years I keep learning and sharing how I adjust recipes to successfully bake gluten free cookies. I share those in my post, Tips for Making Gluten Free Cookies, as well as sprinkled throughout my many cookie recipes.

    On the theme of holiday baking here are three other posts that might interest you.

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    Do you have a file of favourite Christmas recipes? The web is too big to randomly search and find gluten free recipes that will work every time.

    Smart gluten free cooks have some system to save personal and family favourite holiday recipes. Try new gluten free recipes and add your absolute favourites and you'll never run out of ideas for what to bake.

    Variations for Gingerbread

    When it comes to gingerbread you're only limited by your imagination! I like to make Ninja-bread men when I'm with kids, my Star Cookie Christmas tree as a special gift, and every holiday shape you can think of (to eat daily during the holiday).

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    Yet after a few hours of rolling and cutting cookies the fun must come to an end. I just roll out the last piece of the dough and create some kind of scene. This is one I did to ring in 2019.

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    Equipment

    To make my gingerbread cookie Christmas Tree I make sixteen stars using a set of four star cookie cutters. The wooden base that holds the cookies is dowling from the craft store. My dad made me the small wooden squares that hold the dowling so you'll need to find someone who can do that. To top my tree I cut two tiny cookies and used icing to hold them together. This set of six stars would give you lots of options.

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    • If you love gingerbread men you might like these Ninjabread men or a larger set of Karate Cookie Cutters.
    A cooling rack covered in gingerbread men, some with a heart shape space in the center.

    Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

    Gingerbread cookies are a holiday tradition! Have fun making all kinds of shapes from gingerbread men with heart cut-outs to Ninja-bread men, this is why we buy cookie cutters.
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    Course: Baking, Cookies & Bars
    Cuisine: Canadian
    Keyword: Gingerbread Cookies
    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Chilling time: 2 hours hours
    Total Time: 2 hours hours 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 36 cookies
    Calories: 130kcal
    Author: Cinde Little

    Ingredients

    DRY INGREDIENTS

    • 610 grams gluten free cookie flour blend* 4½ cups
    • 1 tablespoon cocoa
    • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
    • 2 teaspoon cloves
    • 2 teaspoon cinnamon
    • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    WET INGREDIENTS

    • 14 tablespoon butter , room temperature (1 cup less 2 Tbsp)
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 egg
    • ½ cup molasses
    • 2 tablespoon whipping cream (or coffee cream)
    • sweet rice flour for dusting
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    Instructions

    • Whisk dry ingredients together, set aside.
    • In an electric stand mixer cream butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy.
    • Turn down speed and add egg. Beat until mixed.
    • With machine running pour in molasses and cream, mix to combine.
    • Reduce speed, slowly add dry ingredients beating until dough is formed.
    • Divide the dough directly onto 3-6 pieces of wax paper. Flatten into disks, lightly dusting both sides with flour only when needed. Fold paper to cover, refrigerate 2 hours.**
    • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
    • Working with one piece at a time, lightly dust dough with flour rolling to ¼ or ⅜ inch thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters returning dough to fridge at any point during rolling and cutting if it is too soft. You want cookies that hold their shape when being transferred to baking sheet.
    • Bake cookies on middle rack of 350°F oven for 8-10 minutes. Thinner cookies will cook more quickly. Thicker cookies are best for ornaments and gingerbread houses.
    • Set baking sheet on cooling rack for several minutes before transferring cookies or the parchment sheet to cooling racks.
    • Store cookies in air tight containers. Double wrap for maximum freshness.

    Notes

    *Cookie flour blend: 2⅔ cups brown rice flour, 1 cup ground almonds, ¾ cup potato starch, 6 tablespoon + 2 teaspoon tapioca starch, 1 teaspoon xanthan gum (makes 5 cups).
    **To store uncooked dough wrap well and refrigerate. Will keep or 1 week, can be frozen.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies
    Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
    Calories 130 Calories from Fat 45
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 5g8%
    Saturated Fat 3g19%
    Trans Fat 0.2g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
    Monounsaturated Fat 1g
    Cholesterol 17mg6%
    Sodium 78mg3%
    Potassium 77mg2%
    Carbohydrates 20g7%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 10g11%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 155IU3%
    Vitamin C 0.01mg0%
    Calcium 24mg2%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    1. Ratiba

      October 30, 2022 at 3:39 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Cinde ,
      I’m very very thankful for your recipe My cookies just cooled down I did not resist and had one it is super tasty like the ones with a regular flour .
      The recipe is perfect !!!
      Bravo

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      • Cinde Little

        October 30, 2022 at 9:51 pm

        Tiba, I'm so happy to hear that! I haven't made gingerbread since last December but I absolutely love it. Thank you so much for sharing. Happy baking!

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