Looking for a cookie recipe that is easy and won't ruin the New Year's resolutions you haven't made yet? These Orange Ginger Spice Cookies are all that and more!
The Holiday season is pretty much synonymous with 3 things:
- Shopping (BLUGH)
- Cold weather (BLUGHER)
- Food. Lots and lots of food (YUM!)
To keep it positive, we will ignore "blugh" and "blugher" and focus on "yum" instead. Which makes sense anyway, given the nature of our blog, right?
Today we're gonna throw another cookie recipe at you (because, you know, the Holidays) BUT, this one, is a little bit different than the ones you're used to this time of year.
Check it out. These cookies are:
- Vegan
- Gluten free
- Sweetened with dates and maple syrup
- Fool proof
- Super easy to make ( pulse and scoop)
- Exploding with flavor
Another recipe that will allow you to indulge responsibly. Not too bad, uh? 😉
Enjoy!
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Orange Ginger Spice Cookies
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten free oats
- 1 cup almond flour
- 12 pitted dates, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp fresh ginger
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp baking powder
- Zest of 1 small orange (see NOTE)
- Pinch of salt
- Melted chocolate to drizzle (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper
- Combine all the ingredients in the food processor. Pulse several times until all the ingredients come together to form a ball
- Working with a tablespoon and a half a the time (use a small ice cream scoop if you have on in hand), form approximately 12 balls. Place them on the lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart from each other. Flatten each cookie slightly with the heel of your hand
- Bake on the top rack at 350F for 15 minutes. Let them cool completely and drizzle with melted chocolate (optional)
Notes
The cookies will have a strong orange taste with this amount of zest. If you would like the orange flavor to be less predominant, reduce the amount to taste.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Kosher / Vegan
Alene
I can never get chocolate stripes to look like that. Do you use a pastry decorating bag or a plain ziplock bag? I made a delicious pecan and walnut gf pie for Thanksgiving and my stripes of chocolate were so messy! Help! Thank you!
Ps. I have to be gluten free, and your recipes are divine.
Vicky & Ruth
Hi!
For the stripes we use a good old ziplock bag. Make sure to let the melted chocolate cool a tiny bit, so it's not too runny (it will help you control the "flow" of chocolate a little bit better). Also, when you cut the tip of the bag, make sure no to cut too much, so the hole is fairly small. Hope this helps!
Candice Dwek
Hi there
I cannot get hold of almond flour at the moment. Are ground almonds a replacement for almond flour?
Thanks
Candice (in Manchester, UK)
Vicky and Ruth
Yes, finely ground almonds will work great!
Val
Delicious spiced cookies with orange and chocolate flavour. The cardamom takes these biscuits to the next level for me. Thank you for sharing a super recipe!
Vicky and Ruth
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it!
Catherine Guzovich
I would like to make these cookies. I have eliminated sugar from my diet, as much as possible. However, I cannot eat dates, I enjoy them, but they give me a headache that lasts for days. What can I use to sweeten these cookies besides the dates or any of the Keto sweeteners which leave a metallic taste in my mouth?
Vicky and Ruth
Hi Catherine, is there any other sweet dried fruit that you can tolerate. The cookies will not be as sweet, but they will still be good. We are thinking raisins, prunes, dried cranberries, dried figs etc.
Val
Not only are these cookies 'exploding with flavour' as the recipe says, but the smell of cardamom as the cookies bake makes the house smell amazing. I ground cardamom seeds together with the coriander seeds in my seed grinder as I find that grinding seeds right before using them helps them keep their flavour. Since I had a small quantity I added some flax seeds to help them grind better. I did not have maple syrup so I used apple sauce instead. These cookies are definitely worth trying.
Vicky and Ruth
Thank you so much, Val, grinding your own spices will give these cookies a very special flavor. Thank you for sharing!