I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It was just a normal work day over here but I’ll be celebrating on Sunday. Can’t wait!
You’ve probably noticed, but I’m a Thanksgiving failure. I had a huge list of things I wanted to post this year for Thanksgiving that I didn’t have a chance to do last year. And some new things. Only cranberry applesauce got done. And I had a pumpkin dulce de leche last minute dessert that I wanted to share. That is until I realized that each serving is probably 700 calories. Yeah. I’ll work on making that healthier for next year…
But I’ll be better about Christmas. Promise. And I’m starting now! I’ve been eating these delicious grain-free cookies for months and couldn’t wait to share them, but I wanted to wait until it was actually Christmas time. So here they are! Yay. :)
When I mentioned my constant fatigue in my pumpkin chai latte post, some of you mentioned Vitamin D (got it!), iron (got it!), a light therapy lamp (got one of those, too!) and the possibility that I could be intolerant to gluten. The doctor wouldn’t test me for it but I decided to go gluten-free for one month just to see if I’d notice a difference with anything. I’m guessing I won’t but I’m desperate so I’ll try anything. We’ll see! So you’ll get some more gluten- and grain-free recipes from me this month than usual. But they’ll be just as good if not better than the whole grain ones and they won’t contain any funky ingredients. Almond meal / flour and coconut flour are as far as I’ll go with that.
These cookies are so soft and chewy. Seriously. I’ve made them so many times not just because they’re so yummy, but because I keep eating them all before I can take pictures. And if you don’t have coconut flour, I suggest these whole grain ginger cookies which are of course soft and chewy! But honestly, I prefer this grain-free version.
Thanks to everyone who left a comment in the last post. You made Mr. Texanerin feel very welcome. He giggled every time a new comment came in. :D
Grain- and Gluten-free Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies
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- Yield: 28 cookies
Ingredients
- 240 grams (~2¼ cups but please weigh!) almond flour or almond meal
- ½ cup (66 grams) coconut flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup (160 grams) honey
- 6 tablespoons (84 grams) coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon (110 grams) molasses
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 egg
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (176°C). Mix the dry ingredients (almond flour through nutmeg) in a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, mix together the rest of the ingredients.
- Add the dry mix to the wet mix and stir, just until combined. It will be like batter at this point. Chill in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes or until it's firm like regular cookie dough.
- Form the dough into twenty-eight 1½" balls and place on a cookie sheet (I put mine on a Silpat) about 1½" apart. There's no need to flatten them.
- Bake for 14 minutes. They'll crackle a little (that's good!) and still be soft. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
36 comments on "Grain- and Gluten-free Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies" — Add one!
We made these for my German coworkers and they were impressed, as were we. However, coconut flour is not easy to get here. 13€/kg at our neighborhood Bioladen! Any cheaper near you?
I get MorgenLand Kokosmehl from Alnatura at 12/kg so not really any better, but the thing with coconut flour is that it lasts forever. Normally you only use a small amount at a time so it lasts ages. I'm still using the same 500 gram container I got in March or April and I use it pretty often. And sorry for the slow reply! Just got back from vacation. I'm happy you liked the cookies and thanks for the feedback. :)
Aww, I really hope you find out what's causing your problems. I've heard good things about those light therapy lamps actually. Your cookies are so cute! Yum!
Thank you, Heidi. I hope so too! I'll let you all know if it actually works. :)
I hope cutting out gluten makes you feel better. These cookies look great, I should find some coconut flour so I can try more gluten free baking!
I hope you do! It's really expensive but I've been on the same $7 can for half a year so it's not so bad. You normally just use a few tablespoons at a time. I was shocked by how much I needed here but it's so worth it. :)
Erin,
So excited to have found your blog last night on pinterest! I follow the Paleo Diet so I am constantly looking for grain free recipes. Cookies are my weakness and these look delish! My fiance made a grain free pumpkin "granola" last night. Recipe needs a little tweaking, but I think it will turn out great the next time! Hope you are feeling better soon. I have been struggling with extreme fatigue lately as well, but I am too busy to go to a doctor!
Hi Aimee! I'm happy you found me too. :) You'll find lots more grain-free recipes in the future because I really like them and they're fun to make. And they're SO much better than the gluten-free ones with weird flours in them. At least to me! Are these cookies Paleo? I hope they are so that you can make them! They're really my favorite grain-free goodie so far (I only started in March or so). Your fiance sounds pretty great, making granola and all! I hope you have a chance to go to the doctor soon to find out what's going on with you. Good luck with that. :) Thanks for stopping by to say hi. I love hearing from new readers!
They are Paleo! Its more honey and molasses than is recommended, but you have to indulge sometimes! I plan to get some more honey at the farmers market on Sunday so I can make them ASAP :)
Yay! Let me know how they come out. You could reduce the honey by a few tablespoons, but it might affect the texture, which I'd be afraid of messing with. I love these so much that I'll be making them again and I'll experiment and add a note about the honey.
Now that you mention it actually, my SIL was tired all the time and she got tested (for that and for tons of other problems she was having too) and she found out she had a gluten allergy too. She has been going gluten free for a couple months now and I think it is helping her fatigue, but Im not totally certain. I will ask her about it. Defintiely a good thing to try though. These cookies look delicious and I wouldnt ever think they are so healthy lol. I would love to try them :)
Oh, do ask her! I'd love to hear about her experience. I'm so eager to feel better. I'll try anything at this point even if it means no gluten. So far it hasn't been so bad! I hope your SIL is feeling better. :)
These look so yummy, I wouldn't even have guessed they are grain free. I think it is really commendable you are taking your health into your own hands and trying to get to the root of this. I cannot believe the doctors wouldn't listen to your input and ideas :(
I've had a hard time with the doctors! Extremely frustrating. But what's not frustrating is these cookies! I've made some other grain-free cookies since then and these kick butt. SO good! Thanks again for your nice comment. :)
I have constant fatigue as well. Maybe I should join you in this gluten free month long experiment. If any of the recipes are like these cookies, I am totally in!
Oh, sorry to hear that, Nicole. :( I hope you can find a solution. Have you seen a doctor? Were they helpful at all? After one week of being gluten-free, nothing's changed. I'll keep going, though! Maybe it takes a while.
Hi Erin!! Wow, these look SO good! Incredibly soft and chewy – I can tell from the pictures! Are these the ones you adapted from my site? OR are those yet to come! Regardless, they look AMAZING and I think I need to try them!
What?! Nooo. I would of course credit you! :) Yours are still to come. I'm not wild about the pictures so I'm waiting until I can eat gluten again because Mr. Texanerin hates all Christmas gingery stuff, meaning there's nobody to eat them. I also have grain-free gingerbread men to post. So um, yeah, people. Hope you like ginger cookies because two more versions are coming! And I hope you do try them. So yummy!
Good luck with your gluten free month, I hope you see some improvement!
I love these cookies, I can definitely see these making it onto my christmas baking list!
Thanks! I hope they do. They're awfully yummy. :)
They look so good! I made some no-bake cookies like this years ago, raw, vegan, GF – I need to go look up my own recipe because I forgot about them. Yours look PERFECT with that drizzle on top! Mmm, great flavors!
Thank you, Averie. :) I'll have to go check yours out! They sound delicious.
At least you are trying to be better for Christmas, I've lost hope for myself already! But I must say, these gluten-free chewy ginger cookies look divine! Yummm
Hahaha. Lost hope? You still have time! Come on, girl. ;)
Loving the ingredient list on this. I think you should have posted that 700 cal per serving recipe, indulging is just part of life and once in a while is ok :-)
Let me know how your gluten free diet turns out for you!
Yeah, but for Thanksgiving you get enough calories anyway, so I thought I'd be bad to add to it. I mean, there were 4 ounces of cream cheese per person in there. BAD! Bad bad bad girl. Anyway, I'll let you know how the gluten-free thing goes!
Oh I really hope you're gluten freeness works! Those cookies sound delicious! I love the addition of spices!
Thank you! I really hope so, too. :)
Ive got one can of pumpkin purée I need to use before the end if the month before I start working on Christmas desserts. These cookies look really delicious. I hopefully you'll start feeling better after going gluten free for a week.
Thanks Becca! And what happened to the post-Thanksgiving pumpkin… forsaking? I couldn't think of a better word. :D
These look wonderful! And good luck on the gluten-free month – i really hope it helps you out, friend. =)
Thank you! I hope it does. But I kind of hope it doesn't because I don't want to have a gluten intolerance. I want there to be some simple, non-serious cause / treatment to all my symptoms. But yeah, guessing that won't happen!
Good on you for trying the gluten free option, Erin. I really wouldn't be surprised if you saw some great improvement in the way you feel.
These cookies look amazing! You keep coming up with recipes like that and you won't miss your gluten at all! :)
I ate gluten-free pasta tonight! It was good. :) I don't even eat all that much gluten to begin with (normally only what you find on here + pasta), but I do love homemade dinner rolls. I think that and croissants, both of which are total nutritional disasters, are the only things I'd really, really miss. Thanks for your support as always! :)
Loving the cookies! They look delicious. And you can still post some thanksgiving recips whooo cares, everyone's got leftover pumpkin anyway right? :) I do hah
Hehe. I thought everyone would turn against pumpkin the day after Thanksgiving! I still haven't. :)