The other day we had friends over and made tons of gluten free gingerbread men cookies. So many little hands rolling and cutting out dough. We decorated our gingerbread men with dried fruit and nuts. The kids even cut loose and made free form cookie shapes as well.
I have been working on this gluten free, dairy free gingerbread recipe for years. At last, I find myself sufficiently satisfied with the recipe and offer it to you for some Christmas cookie baking fun.
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62 responses to “Gingerbread Men Cookies”
Hi this is Aviella and i love cooking i was wondering if for the gingerbread men if i could use cashew flour instead of almond flour
Aviella, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
What can yacon syrup Bert replaced with?
Anushka, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Can it be replaced with maple syrup?
Eloise, I haven’t tried that so not sure. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes!
I replaced with maple syrup and they turned out wonderfully!
Thanks Carrie!
These cookies were absolutely delicious! Although, they did come out more like a very soft, fragile bread-like cookie. I did use the recommended brand of almond flour and followed the recipe exactly, and the dough was very soft and sticky. I live in Hawaii, so maybe the humidity had an effect. Nevertheless, these were great! Mahalo!
Sheryl, thanks for your comment. If the cookies are soft you can put them in the oven with the light on for a few hours to crisp them up. Here’s a link to a cookie recipe of mine that is very crispy that I think you’ll like:
https://elanaspantry.com/crispy-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Enjoy!
Elana
Can you use yacon powder instead of yacon syrup?
Thanks
Sarah, I’m guessing it won’t work due to removing a main source of liquid in the recipe.
Hello Elana! Thank you for all your wonderful recipes! I’m wondering if I can substitute Einkorn flour for the Blanched Almond Flour? I’m trying to incorporate it into more recipes.
Hi Roxanne, I haven’t cooked with wheat or gluten since 1998, so probably not the best one to give advice on that :-)
Dear Elana. Yesterday I carefully followed your recipe for gingerbread boys. I used recommended ingredients (Honeyville almond flour and yacon syrup). The dough was very soft, sticky and moist. The dough could not be cut by a cookie cutter. What do you recommend? My daughter said not to add more almond flour because that will contribute to oiliness of dough. Is there another GF flour that can be used to stiffen the dough? Sincerely. Jennifer
Hi Jennifer, I’ve had this happen every now and then as well when I make this recipe. I simply sprinkle almond flour on the dough until it is easy to handle. Hope you enjoy these adorable cookies!
I have diabetes and celiac. I made your recipe blood sugar friendly by subbing the honey and yacon : instead used 1 1/4cup Swerve and 1/4 cup water for those. Hope that helps someone! (Swerve is just erythritol… easier on the tummy than other sugar alcohols and zero carbs affecting blood sugar!)
Thanks Maria!
This recipe sounds great; do you have any suggestions for adapting it to just be a gingerbread loaf/cake?
Katie, I’m working on something like that :-)
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