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This Healthy and Paleo Ginger Molasses Cookie Recipe is sure to be a Holiday cookie staple in your house! Made with coconut oil, real molasses, and so much love. A gluten free, dairy free, grain free, delicious treat!
About these Healthy Holiday Cookies
These Healthy Ginger Molasses Cookies are SO. GOOD.
Soft, chewy, sweet, spicy, and so warming! They taste like a warm hug. On a cold day. And they are packed with nutrient dense foods, so you can eat multiple without feeling terrible afterwards! Gooooodbye, sugar crash!
If you are trying to make an Epic Paleo-Friendly Holiday Cookie Platter, pair these with my and Paleo Almond Butter Cookies.
Paleo Ginger Molasses Cookie Ingredients
These Ginger Molasses Cookies are made from very few, simple ingredients. Like all of my recipes!
I love to show that BAKING, especially "HEALTHY" baking, DOES NOT need to be difficult!
I know lots of people out there claim they "can't cook/bake", but this recipe is seriously foolproof. It has so few ingredients, and even if some ratios are slightly off, they will still work out 99% of the time.
You will need:
-Coconut Oil
-Coconut Sugar
-Cinnamon
-Dried Ginger
-Molasses (Date Molasses/Date Syrup will also work)
-Coconut Flour
You're Telling me these are Healthy?!
Yep - HEALTHY Holiday Cookies that are also delicious!
This easy cookie recipe includes superfood ingredients like ginger, coconut oil, and pure molasses. All of these foods are shown to have health-boosting properties.
Additionally, these cookies do not contain any refined sugar, or artificial ingredients.
Not only are they "healthy", these cookies are super allergen-friendly, so you can serve them to a big crowd if you are trying to accommodate lots of dietary needs. They are:
- Paleo
- Gluten Free
- Grain Free
- Dairy Free
- Refined Sugar Free
- Peanut Free
More Delicious & Easy Recipes
For other foolproof recipes, check out my 5-ingredient blender banana bread, the easiest single serve brownies ever, or this fudgy chocolate pumpkin loaf.
They are all refined sugar free, gluten free, and less than 6 ingredients!
Back to these cookies and the BEST PART of all: They taste AMAZING! It took me a few tries to get this recipe as is, but the final outcome is amazing! I think it's my favorite ever, besides my Carrot Cake recipe of course.
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Paleo Ginger Molasses Cookies
Yield: 8 Cookies
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Total Time: 14 minutes
These Paleo Ginger Molasses Cookies are chewy on the inside, crisp on the outside, and the perfect, comforting cookie to enjoy on any Holiday morning without a sugar crash!
Ingredients
- ¼ C Coconut oil, at room temperature (soft, but not liquid)
- ¼ C Coconut sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 - 3 Tbsp Molasses (or Blackstrap Molasses, or Date Molasses - I recommend this brand)
- ⅓ C Coconut Flour
- 1 tsp dried ginger
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- Dash of salt
- For rolling: 3 Tbsp Coconut Sugar + ½ Tbsp Coconut Flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Mix room temp/soft coconut oil and coconut sugar until combined, like a paste.
- Add in egg and molasses and mix to combine.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients, and fold together until combined.
- Take about 1 Tbsp of dough, roll into a ball, and roll in mixture of coconut flour and sugar. Place on baking sheet and gently press down with your fingers. T
- Bake for about 9 minutes. Let cool completely.
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Notes
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, and paleo friendly. It will not taste like a traditional Ginger Molasses Cookie, but a delicious allergen-friendly variation!
If you want to enhance the ginger flavor, you can add some freshly grated ginger to the dough.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 9Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 161Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 70mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 2g
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Reader Interactions
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- thegranoladiaries
Hi Liz, sorry you had some trouble! I just re-tested the recipe, and all the ratios work as called for. Was your coconut oil solid? Also, I tried refrigerating the dough, and while it worked, I actually found it better when they were baked immediately. Sorry yours turned into pancakes! Hope they still tasted okay!
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- thegranoladiaries
Hi Kendra, I am sorry to hear that. Did you melt the coconut oil or make any alterations perhaps?
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- Cherie
Hi, made these tonight. Coconut oil at room temp. I did have to add a bit more flour. Might be different altitudes. Very good.
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- thegranoladiaries
Glad you liked them, and were able to tweak the recipe to your needs! I love these!
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- Ana
Just made these last night and they came pretty much as yours, I 'm not used to bake cookies so I wasn't sure if they were done or not ('cause I thought they were not firm enough) and I left them on the oven for too long so they kind of burned a little, however the flavor was great ( although I would have preferred them to be less sweet, so next time I'll add less sugar), even my nephews loved them!
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- thegranoladiaries
So glad you liked them, Ana! Allowing them to cool after baking will make sure they firm up.
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- Leslie Paffe
Thank you for this recipe. I used to own a home-based bakery and have struggled to find paleo recipes that look and taste like the pictures shown but these are perfect. I only had coconut palm sugar so I used that and was out of ginger so I used allspice and they look exactly like your photos! So excited!
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- thegranoladiaries
Thank you so much for your comment, you made my day! I am so glad these turned out well and you enjoyed them! Xo
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- Sonia
I CAN'T STOP MAKING THESE!!! So good AND helped me with stomach aches! I purposely searched for ginger recipes and so glad this came up! I've made them 4 times this week already ?
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- thegranoladiaries
Hi Sonia, I am so glad you like these cookies and they help you with your nausea! Comments like this make the blog worth it! 🙂
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- Suzanne
These look so good! Do you use this base for any other cookies?
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- thegranoladiaries
Thank you! This recipe is totally unique.
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- Vanessa
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
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- thegranoladiaries
Yes! Keep them in the fridge for up to a week or freezer for up to 6 months!
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- Laura
Does this call for dried or fresh ginger? I’m guessing dried?
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- thegranoladiaries
Hi Laura, it calls for Dried Ginger - but you can add some fresh ginger if you want a very gingery taste too! Yum!
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- Marcee
Make these for a cookie exchange. They turned out perfect!! My husband even loved them considering GF cookie. Thanks ?
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- thegranoladiaries
That's amazing! So glad you liked them!
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- Rebekah
Ok these are delightful! I was worried because I didn’t have coconut sugar, molasses/date syrup or fresh ginger! I subbed Swerve brown sugar for the coconut sugar, and pure maple syrup for the molasses and used ground ginger whipped everything till a solid ball formed and rolled in coconut flour, white sugar (just a smidge!), and more ginger and OMG these are SO GOOD. Fluffy, warming, addicting. I proceeded to have 4 total haha. Will be making these again next time I’ll use the proper ingredients!
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- thegranoladiaries
Sounds like these worked out just lovely without the proper ingredients, haha! So happy they turned out well for you!
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- Tera
Could I sub the egg with a Flax egg or gelatin?
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- thegranoladiaries
A flax egg should work! I haven't tried it but I believe it could. Let me know if you try it!
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- Astha
Hi !! one small question.. am gonna try it today.. the 1 tsp ginger mentioned is for ginger powder or fresh ginger ? Thanks..
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- thegranoladiaries
Hi, its ginger powder!
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- Becky Ebanks
Can I sub almond flour for the coconut flour?
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- thegranoladiaries
Hi Becky, due to the very different consistencies, I would not recommend that sub.
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- Haylee
These were delicious thankyou. Had to add more flour as my batter was runny
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- Susan Grygier
Nicole, these are scrumptious!!! I've made several other "healthy" ginger/molasses cookie recipes, and all of them lacked a true gingerbread flavor. But these are so delicious! I made a substitution of 1/8 cup pure maple syrup plus 2 tsp. granulated Monk Fruit blend instead of the 1/4 C. coconut sugar. I also added 1/2 tsp. nutmeg. They are phenomenal! I had almost given up hope of finding a healthier recipe that replicated the flavors of a chewy gingerbread cookie. Thank you.
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- thegranoladiaries
Thank you for the lovely comment, Susan! I am so glad you found this recipe!
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- Claire
I made these and they are so soft they fall apart. The taste is delicious I followed the recipe exactly. Let them cool
On cookie sheet as well.Reply
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