The Ultimate Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

The Ultimate Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

Christmas is not the same without gingerbread cookies. Those cookies with their cute shapes and aromatic winter spices add lots of fun to the holidays. I made a few swaps to turn the classic gingerbread cookies into a healthier version without sacrificing flavor. They are tasty with or without icing. The icing just spices things up.

The Ultimate Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

Prep Time3 hours
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time3 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 50 cookies
Calories: 44kcal
Author: Maria

Ingredients

Gingerbread Cookies

  • cup Wholemeal flour
  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • ½ cup Molasses
  • ¼ cup Butter
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tbsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Ginger
  • ½ tsp Cloves
  • ½ tsp Nutmeg
  • Baking powder
  • Salt
  • Vanilla

Icing (optional)

  • ½ cup Powdered Fructose sugar
  • 2 tbsp Skimmed milk
  • Vanilla
  • Food coloring

Instructions

Gingerbread Cookies

  • In a mixer, add brown sugar, molasses and butter and beat until well combined.
    Next add in the egg and vanilla and beat again.
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  • In a separate bowl, mix all your dry ingredients.
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  • On a low speed, slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until well combined.
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  • Shape the dough into a disk and place in a piece of plastic wrap. Chill the cookie dough in fridge for around 2 hours.
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  • Preheat oven to 200°C.
    Roll out dough using a rolling pin. Using your favorite cutters, cut shapes out of the dough.
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  • Place shapes onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
    Bake cookies for around 15 minutes. I like my cookies to be crunchy. If you prefer soft cookies, you might need to bake for shorter.
    Leave the cookies to cool.
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  • Optional: In a bowl using a handheld mixer, mix the sugar, milk, vanilla. Add milk till you get a thick, but pipeable paste. You can use food coloring for tinting the icing.
    Decorate your cooled cookies using a decorating icing pen.
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  • Serve and enjoy 😋
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Notes

The calories is for a cookie without icing. 

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