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    Recipes » Recipes » Baking & Desserts

    Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies

    Last updated - July 13, 2021; Published - December 17, 2018 By Rhian Williams 4 Comments

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    Four golden brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper with two drizzled with melted dark chocolate and sprinkled with freeze-dried raspberries

    These Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies are soft and chewy, warmly spiced and perfectly sweet! The best festive treat!

    Four golden brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper with two drizzled with melted dark chocolate and sprinkled with freeze-dried raspberries

    Why you'll love these Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies:

    • they're soft and chewy
    • they're fudgy
    • they're subtly spiced
    • they're date-sweetened
    • they're refined sugar free
    • they're oil-free 
    • they're gluten-free
    • they're grain-free
    • they're paleo-friendly
    • they're easy to make
    • they're ready in 30 minutes
    • they're perfect for Christmas
    • they make a great edible gift!

    How to make these Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies

    Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

    • Place the dates, salt, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and almond butter in a food processor or blender.

    Dates, fresh ginger, ground cinnamon and almond butter in a food processor against a white background

    • Whizz until completely smooth.

    Brown caramel sauce in a food processor against a white background

    • Transfer to a glass mixing bowl, add the ground walnuts and mix well.

    Tip: To make ground walnuts, place walnuts in a food processor and pulse until you get a fine powder.

    Brown cookie dough in a white bowl with a light blue rim against a white background

    • Take a heaped tablespoon of the mixture and use your hands to form it into a small, circular, thick patty.
    • Lay it out onto a rectangular baking tray lined with baking paper.
    • Repeat until the rest of the batter is used up - you should be able to make 9 cookies.

    Tip: If you find the mixture too gooey to shape with your hands, you can use a cookie scoop instead, and use your hands or the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly.

    Nine raw brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper

    • Bake in the oven for around 12 minutes - don’t worry if they’re quite soft when you take them out as they will firm up as they cool down.

    Nine cooked golden brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper

    • Drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired.

    How long do these Ginger Cookies keep for?

    These Ginger Cookies keep in an airtight container in the fridge for a good few days.

    Substitutions you can make to this recipe:

    • you can substitute the almond butter with any other nut or seed butter: peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter etc
    • the ground walnuts can be substituted with ground almonds or ground sunflower seeds
    • you can add chocolate chips to the cookies!

    Four golden brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper with two drizzled with melted dark chocolate and sprinkled with freeze-dried raspberries

    More gluten-free vegan cookie recipes:

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
    • Blueberry Breakfast Cookies
    • Peanut Butter Cookies
    • Oatmeal Cookies
    • Snickerdoodles
    • Sugar Cookies
    • Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Carrot Cake Cookies
    • Millionaire Shortbread

    If you try out this recipe or anything else from my blog, I’d really love to hear any feedback! Please give it a rating, leave a comment, or tag a photo @rhiansrecipes #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.

    Two golden brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper drizzled with melted dark chocolate and sprinkled with freeze-dried raspberries

    Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies

    These Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies are soft and chewy, warmly spiced and perfectly sweet! The best festive treat!
    4.60 from 5 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: gluten-free ginger cookies, vegan cookie recipe, vegan ginger cookies
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 12 minutes
    Total Time: 27 minutes
    Servings: 9 cookies
    Calories: 106kcal
    Author: Rhian Williams

    Ingredients

    • 90 g (½ cup) pitted dates soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 10 minutes
    • Pinch salt
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 cm (½ inch) fresh ginger , peeled
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ¼ teaspoon mixed spice (or sub a mixture of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg
)
    • 3 tablespoons smooth almond butter (or sub cashew or peanut butter)
    • 60 g (½ cup) ground walnuts *(or sub ground almonds/almond meal**)

    To decorate (optional):

    • Dark chocolate , melted (ensure vegan/gluten-free if necessary)

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
    • Drain the soaked dates and place in a blender or food processor with the salt, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and almond butter
    • Whizz until completely smooth
    • Transfer to a bowl, add the ground walnuts and mix well
    • Take a heaped tablespoon of the mixture and use your hands to form it into a small, circular, thick patty***
    • Lay it out onto a baking tray lined with baking paper (no need to grease it)
    • Repeat until the rest of the batter is used up - you should be able to make 9 cookies
    • Bake in the oven for around 12 minutes - don’t worry if they’re quite soft when you take them out as they will firm up as they cool down
    • Drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired - leave the chocolate to harden before putting away to store
    • Leave to cool completely before storing in an airtight container - keeps in the fridge for a good few days

    Notes

    *To make ground walnuts, place walnuts in a food processor and pulse until you get a fine powder.
    **You can alternatively use almond flour
    ***If you find the mixture too gooey to shape with your hands, you can use a cookie scoop instead, and use your hands or the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly.
    Nutrition Facts
    Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 106 Calories from Fat 63
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 7g11%
    Potassium 134mg4%
    Carbohydrates 9g3%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 6g7%
    Protein 2g4%
    Calcium 29mg3%
    Iron 0.5mg3%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    1. Rachel Occomore

      November 25, 2020 at 9:41 am

      Hello
      Is there any way of freezing these cookies?
      Many thanks

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        November 25, 2020 at 6:13 pm

        Yes should be ok!

    2. corinne

      December 06, 2022 at 3:05 am

      how do you think these would come out with an oat flour for half of the nut flour?

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        December 06, 2022 at 8:29 am

        They'd turn out well I think!!

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