Run, run as fast as you can to make this sugar-free gingerbread (in just 3 steps!)

Christmas just isn’t the same if you don’t receive a lovingly handmade package of gingerbread (or make one for someone else).

But you don’t have to bypass this festive tradition if you’ve quit sugar. Our marketing executive Alyssa baked this gluten-free, sugar-free* gingerbread from the I Quit Sugar: Christmas Cookbook right here in the office – and you can bet everyone ran as fast they could to try them.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups almond meal.
• 1/4 cup coconut flour + extra for dusting.
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger.
• 2 pinches ground cloves.
• 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• 50 g butter.
• 1/2 cup rice malt syrup.
• 1 tablespoon orange zest.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla powder.
• 1 egg.

1. Combine all ingredients.

Pulse the dry ingredients in a food processor until combined. Then, add the wet ingredients and pulse again until it becomes dough-like.

“If the mixture is too wet, add almond meal until the mixture holds together,” says Alyssa.

Then, roll into a ball and cover with cling-wrap. Ideally, leave it in the fridge for at least two hours. We were short on time, so we just froze it for an hour to firm up the dough.

2. Get rolling.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Then, roll your dough between two sheets of baking paper until a ½ cm thick (it will rise slightly – for chewier, thicker cookies roll to 1cm instead).

“If your dough is sticking to the baking paper, simply dust with some coconut flour or gluten-free flour,” Alyssa says. “It will make your gingerbread look nice and festive too – like snow.”

Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Before baking, insert small holes if you’d like to make these into gifts. We used a metal straw that was lying around the office.

3. Decorate!

Bake for around 10–15 minutes, or until the edges are golden. When cool, thread ribbon through the holes and package up for a friend! They make lovely, if short-lived, ornaments for the Christmas tree.

*This is a special occasion recipe. While rice malt syrup is fructose-free, this recipe contains a little more than we’d usually use and should only be consumed as a treat (such as Christmas).

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