Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup low carb brown sweetener
- ¼ cup sugar free honey
For the icing
- ½ cup low carb powdered sweetener
- Heavy whipping cream as needed
Instructions
- Add the almond flour, baking powder, vanilla, egg, ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sweetener and sugar free honey into a mixing bowl, and beat until a solid dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and chill in the fridge for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll the chilled dough out between two pieces of parchment paper until it is about ¼ of an inch thick.
- Cut the dough with a gingerbread man cookie cutter.
- Place the cut out gingerbread men onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned.
- Let the cookies cool to room temperature.
- Add the powdered sweetener to a bowl, and whisk in heavy whipping cream until a thick icing has formed.
- Pipe the icing onto the cookies in any decoration you may like.
- Add holiday sprinkles before serving if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 88mgFiber: 2g
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