These gluten-free vegan gingerbread cookies are soft, flavorful and a family favorite. They've got a spooky Halloween treatment here, but you can bake + decorate these cookies for any holiday celebration. Or just because you want a cookie.
Article courtesyย Sarah Hornacek,ย Sarah ย Bakes Gluten Free Treats
I did it. I took a classic Christmas cookie and made him a little creepy. The adorable gingerbread man cookie is now more suitable for Halloween. I think heโs still pretty cute, even if heโs dead. Vegan Gingerbread Skeleton cookies. Another โspooktacularโ sweet treat!
About these gluten-free vegan gingerbread men:
These frosted gingerbread men cookies are soft, not too sweet, and totally gingery. I like my gingerbread cookies on the thicker side so they stay nice and soft. You can make them as thick as youโd like.
Making a simple, and soft, icing.
The simple icing is just powdered sugar and coconut milk, making it the easiest icing for cookie decorating. I made these for Kadenโs preschool buddies and they thought it was super cool to decorate their own skeleton cookie. A fun idea for a kids Halloween party, for sure!
Going all in on a vegan Halloween? Try these ghost cupcakes too!
Spooky-cute chocolate cupcakes with a Halloween twist - and zero gluten. These ghost cupcakes from Sarah Bakes Gluten Free are the most adorable allergen-free treat you'll ever make.
If you're shopping for candy too, check out our Gluten-Free Halloween Candy list and this Top-8 Allergen Free Candy list to keep all the Trick or Treaters safe.
Gluten-Free Vegan Gingerbread Skeleton Cookies
Ingredients
gingerbread cookies
- 2 ยพ cups Sarahโs gluten free flour blend or your favorite AP gluten-free flour blend
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- 1 ยฝ cups organic powdered sugar
- ยผ cup molasses
- โ cup coconut oil, soft
- ยผ cup So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk, room temperature
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
simple icing
- 2 ยฝ cups organic powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk
Instructions
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper. In medium bowl, sift together flour blend, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In bowl of stand mixer, beat together powdered sugar, molasses, coconut oil, coconut milk and vanilla until smooth. Add flour mixture and continue to mix for 1-2 minutes. Use hands to knead dough until it comes together. Form into two discs and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- On counter, lay out large piece of plastic wrap. Place one disc of cookie dough in the center and top with another piece of plastic wrap. Roll with rolling pin until dough is about ยผโณ thick. Cut dough using gingerbread man cookie cutter or desired shape. Carefully place cookies on prepared baking sheets (place dough back in refrigerator if it gets too soft to work with). Bake for 7-8 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and place on cooling rack to cool completely.
- While cookies are cooling, make simple icing. Mix together powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons coconut milk. Stir until smooth. Add more coconut milk as needed. Place glaze in piping bag with small, round tip or use Ziploc bag, cutting the tip. Pipe onto cooled cookies. Allow icing to sit for 1 hour to harden.
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More Halloween cookie fun: Sarah's gluten-free vegan Mummy Cookies
Kick off the โspooktacularโ season with these adorable mummy cookies. Yes, mummies can be cute. Just look at those eyes. Our friend Sarah gives her gluten free vegan sugar cookies the Halloween treatment, and you can too!
Love gluten-free + vegan gingerbread? Try these too:
Vegan Gluten-Free Gingersnap Cookies
Warm and comforting with a touch of spice. Just try not to dream about these vegan gluten-free gingersnaps from Sarah Bakes Gluten Free. We dare you.
vegan + gluten-free gingersnap minis:
Sarah's mini GF gingersnaps will have you saying YUM. And also probably considering what other recipes you should make mini-style.
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