Cashew Free Cassava & Ginger Spiced Cookies
These warmly spiced cookies are the kind of treat that fills your kitchen with the most incredible aroma — deep molasses, fiery ginger, and a hint of golden turmeric that makes the whole batch feel almost festive. Cassava flour gives them a surprisingly tender, snappy bite that holds up beautifully to cookie cutters, making them just as fun to shape as they are to eat. The dough comes together with coconut oil and a trio of natural sweeteners — blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, and a touch of apple cider vinegar — so every ingredient is doing real work toward that bold, complex flavor. Ceylon cinnamon adds a softer, more floral warmth than the standard variety, and paired with arrowroot starch, it helps the cookies bake up with clean edges and a satisfying firm texture once cooled. There are no tree nuts anywhere in this recipe, so if you're navigating a nut allergy or simply trying to avoid cross-contact from shared processing facilities, baking from scratch with this lineup is a genuinely stress-free way to go. The chilled dough rolls out smoothly between parchment sheets, and the 10–12 minute bake time means you're not hovering over the oven for long. These are the cookies you bring to a gathering and watch disappear before you've even set down the plate.
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24 servings
For the cookies
- 2 cups cassava flour
- 2 tbsp arrowroot starch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 ½ tsp ground ceylon cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted and cooled
- ⅓ cup blackstrap molasses
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla powder
Instructions
- 1
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the cassava flour, arrowroot starch, baking soda, ground ginger, ground Ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, and sea salt until evenly combined.
- 2
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the melted coconut oil, molasses, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, and vanilla powder until smooth and fully incorporated.
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