Gingerbread Cookies with Cinnamon and Cloves Recipe
If Christmas had a scent, it’d be these Gingerbread Cookies with Cinnamon and Cloves. Warm, spiced, and just smug enough to make your whole house smell like a Hallmark movie. These cookies are sweet but not clingy, bold but not dramatic — basically, the perfect ex you never had. They come out golden, chewy, and dangerously snackable. Vegan butter, molasses, and cozy spices turn your kitchen into pure nostalgia with sass. Bake them once, and you’ll start believing cinnamon therapy is real. Warning: you might “taste test” half the batch before anyone else sees them.
Gingerbread Cookies with Cinnamon and Cloves Recipe
Delightfully spiced vegan gingerbread cookies with cinnamon and cloves — crisp on the edges, soft inside, and totally holiday-worthy.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line baking trays with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
- In another bowl, cream coconut oil and sugar until fluffy.
- Add molasses, vanilla, and almond milk; mix well.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients and stir until a soft dough forms.
- Wrap dough and chill for 20 minutes (it helps the cookies hold shape).
- Roll dough on a floured surface to ¼-inch thickness.
- Cut shapes using cookie cutters — stars, hearts, or chaos, your call.
- Arrange cookies on trays, 1 inch apart.
- Sprinkle coconut sugar on top if you like sparkle.
- Bake for 9–11 minutes until edges are golden.
- Cool on a rack and resist eating them all in one go.
Notes
Nutritional Values (Per Cookie)
- Calories: 120
- Total Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
Vitamins and Minerals (Per Serving)
- Iron: 6%
- Calcium: 3%
- Magnesium: 5%
- Potassium: 4%
- Vitamin E: 4%
Additional Notes / Tips
- Chill the dough — it’s the secret to perfect, shapely cookies.
- For extra spice, double the cinnamon and ginger (because subtlety is overrated).
- Don’t overbake — they firm up as they cool.
- Add a drizzle of vegan icing if you’re feeling fancy.
- Store in an airtight jar; they’ll last a week… if your self-control does.
