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During the holidays, it’s easy to let your healthy eating habits slide. Tasty treats are everywhere – especially cookies. And they’re nearly impossible to resist!  To help during this copious cookie time, we’ve hand-picked our favorite recipe that offer a healthier take on your favorite holiday treats. The recipes use wholesome ingredients so you can feel good about snacking.

Give Good-for-You Gingerbread Cookies a try. You won’t be disappointed.

Good-for-you Gingerbread Cookies

(Adapted from Pheebs Foods)

INGREDIENTS:ginger-cookies

5 cups almond meal
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of Salt
4 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2/3 cup melted coconut oil
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
4 Tbsp blackstrap molasses

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat your oven to 300°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Place all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well until the spices are evenly distributed.
  3. Whisk all wet ingredients in another bowl, adding the oil last to ensure it doesn’t harden.
  4. Pour wet mix into dry and mix well with a spoon until a dough forms – it will be a lot stickier then normal dough and a bit more fragile
  5. Turn dough out onto a well-floured board (using a small amount of white flour makes kneading easier).
  6. Form dough into a well-mixed ball. Cover in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 15 minutes.
  7. Once chilled, roll out dough to approximately 1/2 cm thick and use a cookie cutter to cut out your gingerbread men.
  8. Place onto baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes, longer depending on how crunchy or soft you like your cookies.
  9. Allow to cool fully before decorating.