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🍰 Vegan Gingerbread Men

280 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour, Type 405 300 g
• baking powder 1 tsp
• gingerbread spice mix 2 tsp
• sugar 100 g
• applesauce 50 g
• coconut oil 50 g
• beet syrup 80 g
• powdered sugar 125 g
• lemon juice 2 tbsp
• food coloring, red 0.25 tsp
• sugar pearls 2 tbsp

Instructions

1. 1. Mix flour, baking powder, gingerbread spice, and sugar in a large bowl.
2. 2. Add apple puree, soft coconut oil, and beet syrup.
3. 3. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
4. 4. Wrap the dough in cling film.
5. 5. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
6. 6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
7. 7. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
8. 8. Dust your work surface with a little flour.
9. 9. Roll out the dough on the surface to a thickness of about 7 millimeters.
10. 10. Cut out gingerbread man shapes from the dough.
11. 11. Place the figures on the prepared tray with some space between them.
12. 12. Bake the gingerbread men in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes.
13. 13. Let the cookies cool completely before decorating.
14. 14. Whisk powdered sugar and lemon juice into a smooth icing.
15. 15. Fill the icing into a piping bag.
16. 16. Cut a small opening in the tip of the piping bag.
17. 17. Decorate the gingerbread men with the icing, for example for eyes, mouth, and clothes.
18. 18. Attach colorful sugar pearls as buttons with a little icing.
19. 19. Color a portion of the icing red.
20. 20. Paint a hat onto the gingerbread men with it.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 280
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 45 g