Today is Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookie Series. The recipe I am giving you today is Soft Gingerbread Cookies. To be completely honest I have never been a huge fan of gingerbread cookies. But when preparing for this series I knew I couldn’t have 12 cookie recipes and not include a gingerbread cookie of some kind. I wanted to make these huge chewy gingerbread cookies and these cookies fit that bill. I actually loved them! The ends get a little bit crispy but the middle is very soft and chewy. They are no ginger snap cookie. And they are more mild on the ginger flavor (even with fresh and ground ginger in them), so don’t be afraid to put the whole teaspoon of fresh ginger in the dough.
I wanted to let you know before you try it, these cookies won’t make a good gingerbread man. They are made to expand and flatten out in the oven, so your men would look very funny!
Ingredients
1 stick (1/2 cup) organic and grass-fed butter
1/2 cup organic palm shortening
2 free-range eggs
1/4 cup honey (or maple syrup)
2 teaspoons Stevita stevia
2 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
2 cups almond flour
2 Tablespoons coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon pink salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter a cookie sheet
- In a large bowl add the organic butter and palm shortening and beat for 30 seconds on medium until creamy. Add the honey, eggs, stevia and ginger and beat to mix well
- In a medium bowl add the dry ingredients: almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, pink salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger and stir with a fork or spatula to combine
- Using a hand mixer on low add the dry ingredients slowly and mix until combined
- Using a 1/4 cup cookie scoop place batter on the cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. You will only have 6 cookies per sheet
- Bake for 15-20 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. They are fragile cookies because they are so big
- Store in an airtight container
Makes 10 cookies
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) organic and grass-fed butter
- ½ cup organic palm shortening
- 2 free-range eggs
- ¼ cup honey (or maple syrup)
- 2 teaspoons Stevita stevia
- 2 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2 Tablespoons coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pink salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter a cookie sheet
- In a large bowl add the organic butter and palm shortening and beat for 30 seconds on medium until creamy. Add the honey, eggs, stevia and ginger and beat to mix well
- In a medium bowl add the dry ingredients: almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, pink salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger and stir with a fork or spatula to combine
- Using a hand mixer on low add the dry ingredients slowly and mix until combined
- Using a ¼ cup cookie scoop place batter on the cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. You will only have 6 cookies per sheet
- Bake for 15-20 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. They are fragile cookies because they are so big
- Store in an airtight container
Need More Christmas Cookie Recipes?
Day 1: Snowballs
Day 2: Date Pinwheels
Day 3: Coconut Cloud Cookies
Day 4: Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies
Day 5: Soft Gingerbread Cookies
Day 6: Cut Out Cookies with Honey Almond Glaze
Day 7: Cashew Raspberry Thumbprints and Raspberry Refrigerator Chia Seed Jam
Day 8: Chai Tea Drop Cookies
Day 9: Walnut Acorn Cookies
Day 10: Spritz Cookies (Sugar-Free)
Day 11: Peanut Butter Coconut Cookies
Day 12: Nutella Stuffed Cookies and Homemade Nutella
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Jennifer says
How long did you bake these cookies?
Dr. Meghan Birt says
I see I didn’t put that in the post… totally my oops! 15-20 minutes. They are like a little bread or muffin in consistency!
Linda says
Just wondering if you could substitute solid coconut oil for the palm shortening? All of the cookies sound delicious & I can’t wait to try them. Thank you for being a pioneer for us.
Dr. Meghan Birt says
You could substitute in butter! I also believe that coconut oil will work, but I haven’t tried it myself (so I can’t guarantee anything)