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Soft Baked Ginger Molasses Cookies (gluten free)

Ginger Molasses Cookies are gluten free, dairy free, soft- baked and chewy with festive, warming spices. The perfect holiday cookie!

Prep: 10 minCook: 12 minTotal: 22 min
Servings: 16 1x

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup refined coconut oil
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cup blanched almond flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Whisk together the coconut oil, molasses, and egg in a medium bowl.
  3. Add the almond flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
  4. Use a rubber spatula to fold everything together to combine.
  5. Use a cookie scooper to scoop 12 cookie dough balls out on a lined baking sheet.
  6. Sprinkle each cookie dough ball with flaked sea salt.
  7. Bake for 12 minutes.
  8. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Nutrition Info:

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 68
  • Sugar: 2.9g
  • Sodium: 224mg
  • Fat: 5.1g
  • Saturated Fat: 3.4g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 0g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 4.6g
  • Fiber: 0.4g
  • Protein: 0.9g
  • Cholesterol: 10mg
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