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Chewy Ginger Cookies (Vegan)

These incredible chewy vegan ginger cookies are crisp on the outside and soft and chewy in the middle with a warming, spicy flavour.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 16 cookies
Author Domestic Gothess

Ingredients

  • 60 g (3 Tablespoons) golden syrup
  • 60 g (3 Tablespoons) black treacle (or molasses)
  • 120 g (½ cup) vegan block butter
  • 1 Tablespoon neutral oil (I use olive)
  • 2 Tablespoons unsweetened non-dairy milk (I use soy)
  • 90 g (⅓ cup + 2 Tablespoons) caster or granulated sugar
  • 90 g (½ cup) light or dark brown soft sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 5 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 350 g (2 ¾ cups + 1 Tablespoon) plain (all-purpose) flour

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 190℃/170℃ fan/375℉/gas mark 5. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
  • Gently heat the golden syrup, treacle, butter, oil, milk, caster sugar and brown sugar in a large pan until melted.
  • Remove from the heat and whisk in the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger and cinnamon; the mixture will foam up slightly.
  • Add the plain flour and stir to form a soft dough.
  • Roll the dough into 16 balls and place them well spaced apart on the baking sheets. The dough is soft but you should be able to shape it into rough balls.
  • Bake the cookies for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned around the edges. Bake for the shorter amount of time if you prefer really soft cookies, and the longer time if you prefer them more crisp. They will still be very soft when baked, but will firm up a lot as they cool.
  • Leave to cool on the tray for a few minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

  • See post above for tips, details and step-by-step photos.
  • All of my recipes are developed using grams, and as with all of my baking recipes I really do recommend using the metric measurements with a digital scale rather than the cup coversions. Cups are a wildly inaccurate measuring system and you will get far better, more consistent results using a scale, not to mention that it is also easier and less messy than cups!