These Vegan Ginger Molasses Cookies are mind-blowingly delicious! They’re soft, chewy, and packed with so much flavor. This recipe is adapted from Gimme Some Oven for Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies to be dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free so they are allergy-friendly and vegan. All I did was substitute the butter with non-dairy margarine, by Earth Balance and I used Bob’s Red Mill’s Egg Replacer to replace the eggs.
This recipe uses a mixture of dark rich flavors of molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. And it is soft and chewy which makes it different than your traditional gingerbread cookies. Once you try this recipe, I promise you will making them every Christmas!
This recipe makes 46 cookies so you will have plenty to share with your neighbors, friends, teachers, co-workers, mailman. So many to share! You can easily half the recipe and keep them all for your family!
dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free, vegan
- Prep Time: 2h 15m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Total Time: 2h 25m
- Yield: 48 cookies
- Category: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free, Sweets, Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c non-dairy margarine
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1 c packed brown sugar
- 1/2 c molasses (not blackstrap)
- 2 Egg replacer equivalents
- 4 1/2 c all-purpose flour
- 4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tbsp. ground ginger
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground cloves
- 1 tsp. salt
- Additional granulated sugar for rolling in dough.
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer, cream the non-dairy margarine. Add both sugars and mix on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and molasses and beat again until mixed thoroughly.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the mixer, working in batches. Beat for 3-4 minutes until completely combined.
- Roll the dough into a ball and wrap tightly with saran wrap and put into the refrigerator for at least two hours. Make sure the dough is chilled.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a sheet with parchment paper. Roll the dough into small, 1-inch balls and roll into the sugar to coat. Place dough balls on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until you start seeing cracking on top. Remove and let cool for a few minutes and then move to wire rack to cool completely.
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