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healthy gingerbread cookies

Healthy Gingerbread Cookies with Whole Wheat and unrefined sugar.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 40 Small Cookies
Author Chhavi

Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 2 tablespoon Ginger Dry Powder
  • 2 tablespoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ Cup Butter At room temperature
  • ½ Cup Palm Sugar/Jaggery/Coconut Sugar or brown sugar or white sugar
  • 2 Egg
  • ½ Cup Molasses* or Honey.Check notes to make it at home
  • 4 tablespoon Milk

Instructions

  • Mix the Whole wheat flour,Baking powder,Ginger Powder, Cinnamon, black pepper together.
  • In another bowl, Add Softened butter and your choice of sugar.Whip till soft and fluffy.I used my hand whisker.
  • Add the molasses and egg
  • Add the whole wheat flour mixture in parts.Keep mixing with a large spoon till all the flour is incorporated.Add Milk 1 tablespoon at a time to bring the dough together.
  • The mixture will appear dry but will come together.(if its too wet, add more flour)
  • Divide into thirds.Wrap in a cling foil and refrigerate for 30minutes to 1 hour.
  • Take the dough out.Roll the dough to ¼ inch thickness.
  • Cut out using the cookie cutter of choice.Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.Refrigerate for another 15 minutes or chuck them in freezer for 2 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven at 180C/350F.
  • Bake the cookies for 12 minutes*, till they are firm but not dark.

Notes

*To make Molasses
Add 1 Cup of Jaggery and ¼ cup of water in a sauce pan.Heat, bring to boil and let it cool.You can strain it if the Jaggery was not clean.
*Baking Time
Baking time will increase with the size and thickness of the cookies.