Paleo Cassava & Ginger Spiced Cookies
These warmly spiced cookies hit every note you want from a ginger snap — deep molasses richness, a gentle heat from Ceylon cinnamon and turmeric, and that satisfying snap once they cool. Cassava flour does the heavy lifting here, standing in for conventional wheat flour so seamlessly that the texture is tender and rollable without any grain-based compromise. Arrowroot starch helps bind everything together, while coconut oil keeps the dough pliable and gives the finished cookie a clean, slightly crisp edge. The apple cider vinegar might seem like an odd addition, but it reacts with the baking soda to give these cookies just enough lift so they don't bake up flat and dense. Blackstrap molasses and maple syrup bring natural sweetness with real depth — no refined sugar, no corn syrup, nothing that would raise a flag for anyone eating ancestrally. The dough chills beautifully, rolls out between parchment sheets without fuss, and holds its shape through cookie cutters, making it a genuinely fun project. Cool them completely before you stack or store them, and you'll be rewarded with a cookie that tastes like it has absolutely no business being this good.
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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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