Spicy Vegan Ginger Cookies
These delicious spicy vegan ginger cookies are easy to make and perfect for the holidays!
The cayenne pepper is completely optional, it doesn’t make them too spicy but adds a nice kick. I’d recommend giving it a try! I love it! I’m almost tempted to add black pepper in there as well but I haven’t tried it yet. What do you think? Black pepper in cookies? It seems logical to me…
When these cookies come out of the oven, they’ll seem under done but they will firm up nicely as they cool. Make sure your oven has heated right up to 375 degrees, that way the 8 minutes should be perfect.
I’d let them cool completely before you enjoy them and if you can wait until the next day, the taste even better! They actually get even better as the days go by, I guess the flavours all meld together and all that’s left over is delicious!
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Vegan Ginger Cookies
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Prep Time: 10 mins -
Cook Time: 8 mins
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Total Time: 18 minutes
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Yield: 22 1x
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Category: Dessert
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: Vegan
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Cuisine:Sweet and spicy ginger cookies that are perfect for the holiday season.
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 1 flax egg replacement (1 tbsp ground flax mixed with 3 tbsp water)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4–1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 3/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp molasses
Instructions
- Mix the flax egg and set aside.
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Add the melted coconut oil, molasses and flax egg and use your hands to mix.
- Mix until all the dry ingredients have been moistened, really get in there with your hands working it all together.
- Roll the dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Press down lightly with a fork.
- Bake for 8 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove from over and let cool completely. They’ll seem undone when they come out but will firm up as they cool.
- Makes approximately 26 cookies.
- Store them in an air-tight container.
Keywords: vegan molasses cookies, spiced, easy, quick, holiday, christmas
Mine turned out more like scones….not sure how that happened.
I’m not sure either. Did you measure everything as specified?
I don’t usually rate recipes, but these cookies were incredible and so easy to make!! Perfect amount of spice and a lovely texture. I added 1 tsp vanilla and swapped the molasses for brown sugar, turned out amazing 🙂
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Awesome! So glad you enjoyed them!
Yum! Just baked these cookies and they are delicious! I made a couple of changes:
1 cup all purpose and 1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup white
1/4 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup applesauce
Definitely going to make these again and again. I will not mix with my hands next time, though. My dough was very sticky and I lost at least a whole cookie down the sink washing my goo hands. I think a wooden spoon will mix them just fine. Also, I might cut the sugar down to 1/2 cup as they are plenty sweet and I like to test out lower sugar recipes.
Thank you so much for this recipe!
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Awesome, thanks for your feedback and sharing the changes you made. I’d actually love to do a lower sugar version of this recipe too, and reduce the oil like you did as well. A reminder I need to make these again!
I finally made these tonight!! I think I may have put too much cayenne though, it has a strong spicy kick!! Still good though!
Love that you vegan-ized Gram’s famous cookies! Dad would probably think it was blasphemy haha– I hope to try this recipe when I have access to baking ware :] On-campus living really limits my kitchen fun, I just have to oggle over recipes during class (fun but probably not the best technique lol)
Only 2 tries?!? It takes me, like, 50 tries to come up with something!! Good for you!
My grandma makes the most delicious cookies. Actually anything she makes is amazing. And I’m pretty sure she has every recipe memorized. No matter how hard I try, my food never tastes the same!
I love the addition of the cayenne – can’t wait to try! That little kick with the sweet cookie – YUM!
I know right?! I can never even get it to taste as good as my Moms food, let alone my Grandmas!
Let me know how they turn out for you! Thanks for the comment 🙂
I’m making these this week! Love ginger cookies!
Yay! I love them too 🙂
Let me know how they turn out!