HAPPY DECEMBER YAY FOR CHRISTMAS!

OK HEAR ME OUT. These by no means are the most attractive (gingerbread) men you'll find however they are so damn tasty. In my opinion. And they get points for being vegan, gluten free, low fat and way better for you than the regular gingerbread men you can pick up along the street (or grocery store). 

I think I'll be remaking these for Christmas. They definitely aren't as crunchy as many of us would be used to but they're definitely cookies. Not muffins or brownies or mushy cakes. Think cookies but slightly softer.  

I used Gula Melaka in a block form instead of coconut sugar crystals. If you do the same, chop up the block then microwave the chopped up gula melaka with apple sauce for 15s or so :-) 

On and I used oil but only 1 tbsp. Not a big deal if you don't eat the entire batch of cookies.

ON WITH THE RECIPE.

The Ingredients 

How To

Step one- Mix the dry ingredients.

Step two- Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour the wet ingredients in and mix well to combine into a sticky dough.

Step three- Refrigerate for 15-30minutes to make the dough easier to work with. The coconut oil solidifies in the fridge. Preheat oven to 180C.

Step four- Form into cookies and bake for 12-15 minutes (depending on the size) or until they're firm :-) 

Note: These cookies aren't cut with cookie cutters easily as the dough is soft. If you want to, I recommend rolling out the dough between parchment paper and freezing them before cutting out the shapes! I only made 4 gingerbread men cos I was lazy. The rest I just made into round cookies. If you make round cookies you should be able to do around 20 cookies! 

Round cookie vs man cookie. Haha.