Vegan Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

Total time1 hr 32 min

Prep time20 min

Cook time12 min

Warm spices make these cookies sing — a generous mix of ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and black pepper gives every bite that deep, cozy bite of flavor, while dark brown sugar and molasses build a rich, caramel-toned sweetness. The dough chills until firm, then gets rolled into smooth balls and coated in a crackly layer of granulated sugar before baking, so each cookie bakes up with that classic crinkled top and soft, underdone center. Pulled from the oven at just the right moment, they finish cooling into that perfect chewy texture everyone wants from a gingerbread cookie. These are the kind of cookies that fill the kitchen with holiday smells and disappear fast off the cooling rack. It's a great pick for a Vegan cookie plate, and easy to keep in regular rotation all season long.

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Ingredients

24 servings

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Unbleached White Flour - 5 Lb Jovial Flour All Purpose Organic Einkorn Bag - 32 Oz Ka Flour Unbleached - 10 LB Arrowhead Mills Organic Unbleached White Flour, 80 oz Arrowhead Mills Organic White All Purpose Flour 22 oz Pkg
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2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
Chef's tip
Use a stick or block-style dairy-free butter - not a soft tub spread - and swap one-for-one.
¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
⅓ cup unsulfured molasses
1 large egg
Chef's tip
For each egg, mix 1 tbsp ground flaxseed with 3 tbsp water and let it sit until it thickens. It holds ingredients together but won't make things rise - best in pancakes, muffins, and cookies.
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup granulated sugar, for rolling

Instructions

1
Whisk together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl until evenly combined. Set aside.
2
Beat the softened butter and dark brown sugar in a large bowl with a stand mixer or hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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