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Gingerbread Men Cookies
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Servings
36
cookies
Ingredients
5
cups
blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
1
tablespoon
ground cinnamon
1
tablespoon
ground ginger
¼
teaspoon
ground cloves
½
teaspoon
celtic sea salt
1
teaspoon
baking soda
½
cup
grapeseed oil
or
palm shortening
½
cup
agave nectar
or
honey
1
tablespoon
vanilla extract
½
cup
yacon syrup
2
large eggs
1
teaspoon
lemon zest
Instructions
In a
large bowl
, combine almond flour, cinnamon, ginger powder, cloves, salt and baking soda
In a
small bowl
, mix together grapeseed oil, agave, vanilla, yacon, eggs and lemon zest
Stir wet ingredients into dry
Chill dough in freezer for 1-2 hours
Roll out dough between two pieces of
parchment paper
to ½ inch thick
To make dough even easier to handle sprinkle with almond flour
Remove top sheet of parchment paper, cut out cookies using a medium
ginger bread man cookie cutter
Decorate with nuts and dried fruit-- we used pieces of lemon rind for the mouth
Transfer with a spatula to a
parchment paper
lined
baking sheet
Cook at 350°F for 12-15 minutes
Cool and serve
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Freeze Time
1
hour
hour
Cook Time
12
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
hour
hr
22
minutes
mins
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Equipment
Large Bowl
Ginger Bread Man Cookie Cutter
Baking Sheet
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