Super Yummy Vegan Ginger Cookies

By anonsouthernbell

These delicious treats contain flax seed, making them a nutritious snack.

Ingredients

• 2 cups wheat flour (buckwheat flour works really well too)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda (I use the kind with out aluminum)
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon organic cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves)
• 3/4 cup organic coconut oil
• 1 cup raw turbando sugar
• 1/4 cup of Flax goo ( 2 tablespoons of milled flax with 1/4 cup boiling water allow to sit for 10 minutes)
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons apple sauce
• a small bowl of turbando sugar for dipping

Details

Adapted from mothering.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves. In another bowl cream until soft: coconut oil and 1 cup of vegan sugar, add the ginger. Add to the wet mix: Flax Goo and molasses till blended, then add ~a little at a time~ the dry ingredients to the wet mix. Let the mix sit on the counter for about 5-10 minutes to let the flavors mix.

Form into 1inch balls, dip just the top into tubando sugar, then place on oiled cookie sheet, sugared side up. Place a few inches apart on sheet and bake for 12 minutes Let the cookies cool for just a few minuntes. on the sheet before transfering them to a cooling rack. Don’t over cook or they will be hard when they cool.