Vegan Gingerbread
A perfect vegan gingerbread recipe for building gingerbread houses, making gingerbread men, or any other gingerbread construction.
Here is a really great vegan gingerbread recipe for you to use to make any vegan gingerbread construction. Whether it’s a gingerbread house, or if your like me, an original construction. This vegan gingerbread recipe is both yummy and fun to make.
Using this Vegan Gingerbread Cookie Dough Recipe for Making a Gingerbread House or Gingerbread Men
This recipe is enough to make 1 standard house plus some gingerbread men (around 6), just depending on the size of your cookie cutter size.
In addition to using this recipe, visit my recipe for Vegan Royal Icing that is posted here.
Vegan Gingerbread
This gingerbread dough is perfect for building gingerbread houses, making gingerbread men, or any other gingerbread construction.
Ingredients
- 4 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground or Grated Nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Clove
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 Cup Vegetable Shortening melted
- 1 Cup Molasses unsulphured
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1-4 Tablespoons Plant milk as needed, if the dough is too dry
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, spices, and salt) and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, add the melted vegetable shortening, molasses, and granulated sugar and whisk together until it is completely combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and lightly knead together until a dough forms.
- If it seems like the dough is too dry, add plant milk, one tablespoon at a time until the dough comes together.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and form it into a flat disk.
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator a minimum of 1 hour.
- After the dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with a silicone liner.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll it out to 1/4" thickness on a floured surface.
- Cut into desired shapes. Re-knead the dough scraps and roll and shape as necessary.
- Place the gingerbread shapes on to the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the gingerbread for 9-15 minutes, depending on how big the gingerbread shapes are, being careful not to overbake or underbake.
- Allow the gingerbread to cool completely prior to decorating or building with.