Lactose 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. Every ingredient here is naturally free of dairy, so there's no swapping or substituting required; coconut oil and blackstrap molasses do all the heavy lifting for richness and depth. Cassava flour gives the dough a surprisingly tender, rollable texture that holds up beautifully to cookie cutters, making these just as fun to shape as they are to eat. The apple cider vinegar works quietly in the background, reacting with the baking soda to give each cookie a gentle lift without any buttermilk or dairy-based leavening tricks. Ceylon cinnamon brings a softer, more floral heat than the standard variety, and paired with the maple syrup, it keeps the sweetness from tipping into one-note territory. The key is pulling them from the oven while the centers still look slightly underdone — they firm up perfectly as they cool, landing somewhere between crisp at the edges and just a little chewy in the middle.
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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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