Easy Vegan Gingerbread Cookies Cereal Recipe
How to make healthy miniature vegan gingerbread cookies cereal that is crunchy, sweet, and packed with flavor. These gingerbread cookies contain molasses, coconut oil, and holiday spices like ginger and cinnamon. You will love this tasty, unique recipe!
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Easy Vegan Gingerbread Cookies Cereal
Good morning friends! Today, I am so excited to share my unique, tasty, and simple recipe for vegan gingerbread cookies. However, this is not your standard gingerbread cookie recipe. It is actually specially designed to make into a gingerbread cookie cereal!
Basically, I made a gingerbread cookie dough from scratch, used a miniature cookie cutter to make teeny tiny gingerbread men, baked the cookies until they were slightly firm, and then poured them into a bowl with some almond milk. I ate them straight from the bowl with a spoon, and they had a delicious, slightly soft texture and sweet taste.
This recipe was inspired by all the viral TikToks I saw last year for things like miniature pancake cereal, miniature croissant cereal, miniature chocolate chip cookie cereal, etc. Also, quick side note – if you aren’t following me on Tik Tok, you should be! I post quick recipe tutorials and food clips on there. If that interests you at all, you can follow me here.
And although gingerbread cookie cereal might not be everyone’s cup of tea, I think it is a super fun, sweet, tasty, and festive holiday treat. Keep in mind that these cookies are made to be super crunchy. If you do decide to make them, definitely soak them in nut milk as you eat them to soften them up!
Now, let’s go through a few logistics and then jump right into the list of ingredients you will need to make this vegan gingerbread cookie cereal recipe a smashing success.
How To Make Gingerbread Cookies Keep Their Shape
One of the most commonly asked questions I get in regards to making gingerbread cookies is how to make them keep their shape. The method that I personally find works best is to make your cookie dough, cut the dough into your desired cookie shapes, place the cookies on a lined or greased baking sheet, and then refrigerate them for 30 minutes before popping them in the oven to bake.
The refrigeration step helps the gingerbread men hold their shape really well, especially with this vegan gingerbread cookie dough. It is the method I used for this recipe, and as you can tell from the photos, the gingerbread cookies held their shape pretty well.
Now that we’ve got the logistics down to ensure your cookies keep their shape, let’s take a look at the list of ingredients you will need to make this gingerbread cookie cereal.
Vegan Gingerbread Cookies Cereal – Ingredients
- Old Fashioned Rolled Oats – The old fashioned rolled oats are the first key ingredient you need to make the flour base for this recipe. You will want to blend this ingredient up until you get a nice and fine oat flour.
- Whole Wheat Pastry Flour – The whole wheat pastry flour combines perfectly with the oat flour in this recipe to form the gingerbread cookie flour base.
- Ground Ginger – The ground ginger is the first key spice you will need for this vegan gingerbread cookie recipe. It is an unsurprising ingredient, but that does not make it any less important.
- Ground Cinnamon – The cinnamon is the other essential spice you need in order to achieve that classic gingerbread taste.
- Baking Soda – The baking soda acts as the leavening agent for this recipe. It is a necessary ingredient that you definitely do not want to forget.
- Pure Maple Syrup – The pure maple syrup acts as the key source of sweetness for this recipe. I love using pure maple syrup in my baked recipes, and these vegan gingerbread cookies are no exception.
- Coconut Oil – The coconut oil adds moisture and richness to this gingerbread cookie recipe. If you live in a cooler climate, you will need to melt this ingredient in the microwave before adding it to your cookie dough.
- Molasses – The molasses is the final key ingredient you need for this recipe. It is essential for most gingerbread cookie recipes, and my vegan gingerbread cookie cereal is certainly no exception. This ingredient completes the gingerbread cookie flavor profile.
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Easy Vegan Gingerbread Cookie Cereal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (blended into a fine oat flour)
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp whole wheat pastry flour (I used Bob's Red Mill)
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1/2 tbsp molasses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Add all dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix to combine thoroughly.
- Make a well in the center of the bowl and add all liquid ingredients.
- Mix all liquid ingredients until well incorporated.
- Slowly mix in the dry ingredients to form a thick gingerbread cookie dough.
- Lightly flour a flat, even surface.
- Roll your cookie dough out to about 1/8 – 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut your cookie dough into gingerbread shapes using a miniature cookie cutter.
- Place the cookies on a lined or greased baking sheet with a bit of space between each one.
- Refrigerate the cookies for about 30 minutes before popping them in the oven to bake.
- Bake the cookies for about 8 minutes, or until the edges are slightly golden brown (the cookies should still be soft to the touch, as they will firm up as they cool).
- Pour some of the cookies into a bowl with your favorite nut milk.
- Dig in and enjoy your gingerbread cookie cereal!
Notes
I hope you guys love this tasty, sweet, vegan gingerbread cookie cereal recipe. Since the cookies are super small, they turn out nice and crunchy. So, make sure to eat them soaked in your favorite nut milk for optimal texture and a deliciously sweet flavor! As per usual, I will be back with another blog post very soon.
-Alyssa 🙂
