Gingerbread Cookies (Gluten Free)

dizzydi's Note:

A delicious gingery cookie that bakes up crisp. Nice baked into lovely shapes and iced using royal icing. A real bonus is that these tasty little cookies are also gluten free!!!!!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 30

Yield: 30.0 cookies

• 2 cups gluten-free flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 egg
• 125 g butter
• ¼ cup golden syrup
• ½ cup brown sugar

Directions:

1. In a bowl cream the butter and brown sugar.
2. Add golden syrup and egg and mix till combined.
3. In a seperate bowl sift together all the dry ingredients, then add to the wet ingredients.
4. Mix together and then refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Remove dough from refrigerator and place onto a floured surface and knead lightly.
6. roll out to 5mm thickness and then cut into shapes using cookie cutters.
7. Bake in 170 degree celsius oven for approx 15 minutes or till well browned.
8. Leave to cool on trays for 5 minutes then transfer to cooking racks.
9. when cool ice with royal icing or any hard setting icing.

Reviews

[alexsummer123]

I would had to add more ginger, more cinnamon, and more sugar because they lacked sweetness and flavor. Once I through in some more of those in the second half of the batch (not sure how much, just eyeballed it and I had already made the dough) they tasted much better. Refrigerated overnight and they were super easy to roll out and cut!!

[aussieqzine]

This is the best gingerbread ever!! And the only recipe I could find that didnt need molasses. Awesome, thank you :)

[WI Cheesehead]

I made these on Jubes recommendations. I used sorghum flour and the dough was still really soft and sticky, even after 2 hours in the fridge. Instead of rolling out, I dropped balls. They turned out softer, but didn't fall apart, and next time I would add a little more spice, maybe nutmeg. One of the only GF cookies I've tried that came out well the first time.