Ginger Molasses Crinkle Cookies, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free

Ginger Molasses Crinkle Cookies have become my absolute favorite Christmas cookie. I don’t know what it is. The beauty of the cookie? The light sweetness paired with the spice? The way my teeth sink into the soft cookie contrasted with crunch of the raw sugar at the end.  I don’t know, but all of these combined make for a great cookie experience.

This Christmas season I keep baking up cookies-cookies have been my culinary inspiration as of late, I guess.  I was also not planning on sharing these Ginger Molasses Crinkle Cookies (like the 4 ingredient Amaretti Cookies) because I had other plans, but those plans were thwarted since these cookies were so good, I had to share them!

The original recipe calls for white flour, eggs, vegetable oil, and granulated sugar, but I wanted to try making these healthier with whole wheat flour, egg-free, with coconut oil, and without any refined sugar.  So I used the whole wheat white flour from Trader Joe’s (non-GMO, and it’s 100% whole wheat flour), coconut palm sugar, a chia seed egg replacement (which makes them vegan), along with one of my favorite oils, coconut oil. I couldn’t believe how nice and full the cookies turned out without the eggs! I reduced the original amount of oil because sometimes coconut oil can make things a bit, well,…oily. Go figure. Anyway, these cookies are not oily to the touch. You can view the original recipe at allrecipes.com.

I used a turbinado raw cane sugar to roll the cookies, which gives the cookies that nice crunchy texture.  But I cheat and only roll half of the cookie in the sugar to reduce the sugar content. And then I hide the missing sugar by just letting those cookies rest on their empty, sugar-less sides. Yep! I am a cheater! I don’t miss the extra sugar, and the kids aren’t complaining at all, either:). But go ahead, have fun rolling your cookie dough balls in all that sugar if you choose.

My cookies have naturally crinkled, but I got the idea about flattening the cookies with the back of a spoon or slamming the cookie sheet on the counter after they are baked to make them more crackled here.

Need other gingerbread inspiration? Check out our gingerbread granola, dairy-free, gluten-free.

Merry Merry Christmas!!

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