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decorated gingerbread cookies in festive shapes arranged wide across a floured wooden surface, a rolling pin and cookie cutters nearby, warm natural light, shallow depth of field, horizontal landscape composition

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

Classic spiced gingerbread cookies made without any eggs and no butter.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup vegan butter softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup molasses
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

Method
 

  1. Cream the vegan butter, brown sugar, and molasses together.
  2. Whisk the flour, ginger, cinnamon, and baking soda, then mix into the wet ingredients.
  3. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
  4. Roll out and cut into festive shapes.
  5. Bake at 350F for 9 to 11 minutes until set at the edges.
  6. Cool, then decorate as you like.

Notes

Chilling the dough makes it much easier to roll and cut cleanly.