Name: Vegan Gingerbread Men cookies recipe by Swathy Nandhini at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Wheat flour - 2 cups; Jaggery - 1 cup; Baking powder - 1 tsp; Oil - 1/3 cup; Salt - 1/4 tsp; Hot Water - 1/4 cup; Spices:; Cardamom powder - 1 tsp; Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp; Dry ginger powder - 2 tsp; Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp; Clove powder - 1/2 tsp; Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp

ABOUT Vegan Gingerbread Men cookies RECIPE

The gingerbread men cookies are cute, spicy and chewy. It is also healthy and vegan version made of whole wheat flour and jaggery.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Wheat flour - 2 cups
Jaggery - 1 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 1/3 cup
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Hot Water - 1/4 cup
Spices:
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
Dry ginger powder - 2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Clove powder - 1/2 tsp
Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp

Instructions

Sift together wheat flour and baking powder to a mixing bowl. Add salt and other powder spices to the flour and mix well with spoon.
Add oil to the flour and mix to form crumbles.
Boil water in a pan and add jaggery to it. Stir and boil until jaggery dissolves. Filter and keep aside. This is jaggery syrup.
Now add the jaggery syrup to the mixture and mix together to get a smooth dough.
Cover the dough with cling wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and line the baking tray with butter sheet.
After refrigeration, take out dough and roll it flat using a rolling pin for required thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutter and arrange the cookies in prepared baking tray.
Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the edges turns slight brown.
Cool it completely and it becomes firm. Now you can start decorating the gingerbread men cookies.

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