Vegan Gingerbread Cookie Sticks
A fun spin on the holiday classic, these Vegan Gingerbread Cookie Sticks are very simple to make, kid friendly and so delicious.
Servings 50 sticks
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ⅓ cup oil coconut, avocado, and olive all work
- ¼ cup non dairy milk
- ¼ -⅓ cup turbinado sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set aside two large baking sheets.
- In a large bowl whisk flour, salt and all spices together thoroughly.
- In another bowl combine brown sugar, oil, molasses and non dairy milk. Stir really well to incorporate.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and use a large wooden spoon to stir until you can't. Transfer dough to floured surface and finish bringing the dough together with hands. Knead for 20-30 seconds.
- Divide the dough in half. Starting with one piece, place between 2 pieces of parchment paper and roll out into a rectangle roughly 6x12 inches in size. The dough should be about ¼ inch in thickness. Don't worry too much about it being perfectly rectangular. Do the same thing with second piece of dough.
- Remove top piece of parchment paper and sprinkle the turbinado sugar over top of each piece of dough. Lightly press the sugar into the dough.
- Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut thin strips into the dough between ¼ and ½ inch width. Do not separate.
- Lift parchment paper to transfer dough to baking sheets.
- Bake for 13-16 minutes until firm to the touch in the center of rectangle. Allow to cool just enough to touch.
- Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees. Once cookies have cooled enough to touch, retrace the cuts in the dough and gently separate the strips leaving a little space between each.
- Return to the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes longer. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before transferring to a container for storage.
Notes
You can use as much turbinado sugar as you like or omit and decorate with sprinkles instead. You can also make a simple glaze of powdered sugar and a tiny bit of non dairy milk to drizzle over after baking instead of sugar or sprinkles.