Flourless Ginger Cookies

Crisp and gingery (gluten free) flourless ginger cookies made with brown rice flour and plenty of warming spices.

Flourless Ginger Cookies

This recipe was featured in my NPR story on flourless holiday baking, but I wanted to share it here, too, as it's so very good. The brown rice makes for a tender, melting foil to the sharp bite of ginger, and a dusting of raw sugar finishes off this classic holiday treat. Note: I like a lot of ginger, so have included a large amount in the ingredients list. You may reduce if you like your cookies less spicey.

Recipe

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Flourless Ginger Cookies

Nicole Spiridakis

Crisp and gingery (gluten free) flourless ginger cookies made with brown rice flour and plenty of warming spices.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24 cookies

Calories 171 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 ¼ cups brown rice flour
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons dried cinnamon
• ▢ ½ teaspoon dried cloves
• ▢ 3 tablespoons dried ginger
• ▢ 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• ▢ 1 cup dark brown sugar
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ ¼ cup unsulfured molasses
• ▢ ½ cup raw sugar, optional

Instructions

 

• Place brown rice flour in a medium-size bowl and add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar in a separate bowl until fluffy, then beat in egg and molasses. Fold in rice mixture and combine well. Refrigerate dough about 2 hours.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Remove dough from refrigerator and scoop out teaspoons of dough. Form teaspoon-size balls and roll in raw sugar, if using.
• Place on parchment-lined cookie sheets and flatten with a fork. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from oven and cool on a rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 171kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 124mgPotassium: 120mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 187IUVitamin C: 0.004mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg

Disclaimer: Nutrition information is automatically calculated and is an estimate (I'm not a nutritionist and can't guarantee accuracy!). Even when not specified, be sure to check that all the ingredients you use are gluten free if you need them to be by reading labels on all packaging and/or confirming with the manufacturer.

Did you make this recipe?Let me know in the comments how it went!