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Gluten Free Christmas Gingerbread Cookies

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword 24 days of christmas, Christmas, Gingerbread cookies, Gingerbread Men, Gluten Free
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 10
Author Cat Barker

Ingredients

For the gingerbread men

  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • ½ cup muscovado sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 ¼ cup Gluten Free Flour Woolworths
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt

Royal Icing

  • 250 g icing sugar
  • 4 - 5 tsp water

Instructions

For the cookies

  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  • Add egg, vanilla and molasses and mix until combined.
  • Now add flour and baking soda. Mix until a dough is formed.
  • Cover dough and refrigerate for an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 190C and line a baking tray with baking paper
  • Roll out the dough on a floured surface (best to use rice flour) and cut out biscuits using a cookie cutter.
    Because the dough is gluten free, it is better to roll out small sections and press down on the dough with your hands before rolling gently with a rolling pin.
  • Bake for 5 – 10 minutes - I sometimes leave for 14 minutes so they are extra crunchy.

For the icing

  • Mix icing sugar and water until smooth and shiny
  • Use a piping bag or a small sandwich bag - pipe your cookies however you would like.
  • Store in an air tight container and keep for a week.