Christmas is around the corner and what better way to enjoy the holiday season with delicious, crispy Gingerbread Cookies decorated with Royal Icing.
These cute little bites have everything you want. Crispy, beautiful and packed with the flavors of Christmas, what we love them most is that they’re completely eggless and won’t spike and crash your blood sugar as normal cookies would.
Serves about 3 dozen cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 + 1/4 cups almond flour
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup butter (at room temperature, cut in small cubes)
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp almond milk
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (can be replaced with a mix of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice)
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tsp water
A dash of honey
A pinch of allspice
1. Preheat oven at 350F (180C)
2. In a mixing bowl combine flour, almond flour, coconut sugar and all spices.
3. Add small cubes of butter and mix using your hands. We want to break the butter into tiny pieces coated with dry ingredients. The right consistency should look like wet sand.
4. Add honey and milk, and work the dough for a few seconds. The dough should come together quite easily.
5. Place the dough on a large sheet of baking paper.
6. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to ¼ inch thickness (5mm). Cut desired shapes with cookie cutters. Transfer the baking paper with the cookies on it to a cookie sheet pan and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
7. Once dough has chilled, bake for 8-10 minutes at 350F (180C)
8. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet pan for a minute, then transfer to the cooling plate to cool completely before decorating.
9. Combine confectioner’s sugar, water, honey and all spice in a small-sized bowl and stir until combined. If the icing seems too thick, add a few drops of water. If it seems runny, add a few tablespoons of confectioner’s sugar.
10. Use a pastry bag fitted with the thinnest round tip and the stiff icing to add lines, shapes and dots to your cookies. We like making small dots first and then connect them using a toothpick. This helps if you want really thin and elegant lines. Make sure to work quickly as the sugar set pretty fast.
Cheers Xx
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