Gingerbread People

Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

Author: Rachel Carlyle Edington - Gluten Free Mama

Ingredients

• 3 cups Mama’s Almond or Coconut Blend Flour
• 1 tsp. xanthan gum
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 10 Tbsp. butter or dairy free margarine
• ½ cup molasses
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 egg (or 1½ tsp. egg replacer mixed with 3 Tbsp. warm water)
• Course sugar or royal icing

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, xanthan gum, salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In a mixer, cream butter with molasses, sugar and vanilla. Scrap down sides of bowl. Stir in egg. With mixer running on low speed pour in a little flour mixture at a time until all is combined.
4. Place dough on large piece of plastic wrap and cover. Chill for 1-2 hours. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface about ⅛-1/4 inch thickness. Cut out gingerbread people. Place on cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Sprinkle with course sugar or leave plain for frosting. Bake for 10 minutes. Allow to remain on cookie sheet for 1 minute before removing to cooling rack.