Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies
Soft, chewy, and honestly adorable. These gluten-free gingerbread cookies are perfectly spiced and bake flat, making them ideal for decorating with royal icing. Add them to your holiday cookie platter or package a few in a treat bag for an easy homemade gift.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 24 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups gluten-free flour blend (see notes, 420g)
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger (5g)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (3g)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (1g)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (1g)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt (6g)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder (2.5g)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature (113g))
- 3/4 cup brown sugar (150g)
- 1/2 cup molasses (170g)
- 1 large egg (50g)
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
In a medium bowl, whisk together the gluten-free flour blend, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, kosher salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and brown sugar for 2-3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- 3
Add the molasses, egg and vanilla extract and mix an additional 2 minutes, until combined.
- 4
Slowly add the flour mixture, mixing in between each addition, until no more streaks of flour remain.
- 5
Turn the dough out onto parchment paper or plastic wrap and pat into a disk. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours until chilled.
- 6
Once chilled, preheat the oven to 350F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- 7
Dust your surface and rolling pin with additional gluten-free flour or confectioners’ sugar. Roll out the cookie dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut with desired cookie cutters.
- 8
Place the cookie dough shapes onto the prepared baking pans, leaving about 1-2 inches in between each cookie. Keep remaining dough in the refrigerator or freezer if you are baking in batches.
- 9
Bake at 350F for 9-11 minutes, until the cookies are fragrant and the center of the cookie no longer looks shiny.
- 10
Let sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- 11
Once cooled, decorate cookies as desired with royal icing or your favorite icing recipe. Let the decorations harden completely before serving.