Citric Acid Free Cassava & Ginger Spiced Cookies

Total time1 hr 2 min

Prep time20 min

Cook time12 min

Citric Acid Free Cassava & Ginger Spiced Cookies

Warm spices, deep molasses, and a satisfying snap — these cookies deliver everything you want from a classic spiced treat without a single ingredient that would trip up someone avoiding citric acid. Cassava flour forms the base, giving the dough a tender, workable texture that rolls out beautifully between sheets of parchment, while arrowroot starch helps bind everything together for a clean, crisp edge. Blackstrap molasses and maple syrup bring rich, complex sweetness, and the combination of ground ginger, Ceylon cinnamon, and turmeric makes every bite feel deeply warming and aromatic. Apple cider vinegar steps in as the leavening activator alongside baking soda, so you get a proper lift without relying on any citrus-derived additives that often sneak into commercial baking products. The dough chills for just 30 minutes before rolling, which makes it easy to handle and cut into whatever shapes you like. These are the kind of cookies that fill your kitchen with an incredible smell and disappear fast once they hit the cooling rack — firm at the edges, just slightly chewy in the center, and completely worth making from scratch.

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Ingredients

24 servings

For the cookies

2 cups cassava flour
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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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