Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies with Pumpkin Fluff

photo credit:www.inhabitots.comWhat's more festive than gingerbread? This recipe is great for hostess gifts, kid parties, cookie exchanges, pair it with out Holiday Eggnog recipe from last year and you've got yourself the a guilt-free dessert you can indulge in without compromising your waistline!My daughter got my phone and deleted my fun picture of my gingerbread men, diving into the bowl of pumpkin fluff. :( So sorry I don't have my own picture! But I guarantee you won't have time to take one because they'll go so fast! I've actually got my own hidden stash. Shhh!Makes around 2 dozenIngredients:

  • 2 cups buckwheat flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup sugar in the raw or coconut palm sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 ½ tsp nutmeg
  • 2 drops Cinnamon oil or ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • 2 drops Ginger oil or ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • 2 drops Clove oil  or ¼ tsp ground clove
  • ½ cup coconut oil
  • 3 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoons agave nectar
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup cacao powder

Directions:Preheat  oven to 350 degrees F.  Whisk all dry ingredients into a bowl. Combine wet ingredients into a separate bowl and mix. Add dry and wet ingredients on low-speed until combined. Dust a clean surface with a handful of flour, put dough on top, and roll out. Take a cookie cutter and cut out shapes. Lay down wax paper on a baking sheet. Place cut outs on the wax paper. Bake 12-15 minutes. Remove from paper and let cool.Make fluff for dipping or you could even use it as icing!Healthy Pumpkin Fluff

  • 1 cup organic pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 Tbs honey or agavephoto credit: www.liluna.com
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp allspice

Mix all ingredients together in a metal bowl, beat or whisk until it thickens to desired consistency

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