Christmas cookies that fit your diet? No problem! Make these Gluten Free Cardamom Molasses Cookies – they’re also vegan, and have less sugar!
It’s Recipe ReDux time again! This month’s theme is Grab a Book and Cook to celebrate 42 months of Recipe ReDux:
December 2014 Recipe Redux Theme: Grab a Book & Cook
It’s the end of the year and we’ll taking a moment to reflect: ReDux has been around for 42 months! To celebrate, we’re playing a little party game this month: Grab your nearest cookbook and ReDux the recipe on page 42 or 142. We can’t wait to see the books you’re cooking from these days – and how you make that recipe healthier.
Gluten Free Cardamom Molasses Cookies (Vegan)
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole grain sorghum flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cardamom + more if you prefer
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup palm shortening
- 2 Tablespoons molasses
- 3 Tablespoons ground flaxseed
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup powdered baking Stevia
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 3 Tablespoons unrefined cane sugar or Turbinado sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a metal baking sheet with parchment paper or prepare a baking stone. Set aside
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (the flour, flaxseed, baking soda, spices, and salt).
- In a smaller bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the palm shortening and molasses together until blended. Add the flaxseed meal, sugar, Stevia, and water and beat again until creamy.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and blend well. The dough will look a bit crulby but should stick together when rolled. If it seems a bit too dry, add water 1 teaspoon at a time until the dough sticks together well but is not wet. The dough should be like playdough.
- Take a scant Tablespoon of dough and roll it into a ball. Press the top of the cookie dough ball into some granulated sugar and flatten slightly on the baking sheet, sugar side up.
- Bake cookies for 10 minutes. If you want a softer and chewier cookie, then bake for 7-8 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let rest on the cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- If you want to keep your cookies soft, store them with a piece of gluten-free bread or another piece of moist baked goods (like muffins). This will keep your cookies from turning crisp.
- If you want to get really crispy cookies, leave them on the cooling rack for several hours before storing in a container.
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Sarah Jane Parker is the founder, recipe creator, and photographer behind The Fit Cookie. She’s a food allergy mom and allergy friendly food blogger of 12 years based in Wyoming. Sarah is also an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Certified Health Coach, Revolution Running certified running coach, and an ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist
It’s a great base for the cookie! I did find the sorghum a bit grainy but I’ll try other flours to see how they measure up.
Thanks E! We usually use the superfine sorghum flour for smoother baked goods, Authentic Foods also makes a superfine brown rice flour as well that you can try.
This is a fantastic recipe if you want something vegan and gluten free. I like to substitute the sugar with 1/4 cup agave and use ghee interchangeably with the palm shortening. If you out them in the fridge the cookies become denser and have a nice bite. Thank you so much for this recipe.
Thank you, I’m so glad you loved them!
OMG. I can smell these from my house. I love this healthier version, too!
Love, love cardamom! Never thought to combine in ginger cookies. These look amazing. Love the scoop on the book you’re cooking from!
ummm, yea…two of my favorite things in one recipe (cardamom and molasses). YUM!! (and just in time for holiday cookie baking). Can’t wait! 🙂
Did I mention I LOVE anything molasses?! Mmm, these look delicious!
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
Yum! I’m always weary of cardamom (slowly it’s growing on me though!), but these look great!