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Pumpkin Ginger Snaps. Vegan Pumpkin Ginger Cookies with gingerbread spices and pumpkin. Soft Fudgy Cookies. Vegan Recipe. Gluten-free option, oilfree option
These Ginger Cookies are soft, fudgy, blondie like with flavors from the Pumpkin, Ginger bread spices and molasses. They come together very quickly, are almost one bowl if you use a sifter. Even with 2 bowls used, you need to wash only 1.
Pumpkin adds a softness to the cookies which bakes up to a fudgy cookie texture compared to the snappy crisp molasses cookies. Bake them longer for a more cookie like crumb and less for fudgier. Use spices of choice like ginger bread, pumpkin pie spice or chai spice. Add some candied ginger or orange, or chocolate chips or nuts for variation.
I was hoping to edit an amazing roasted squash post for today, but the easier post won. We’ve all be sleep deprived because of Chewie’s cough. It seems to be letting up a little, so keeping our fingers crossed for our resident adopted fluffster.
Dang these are so good. Make a double batch! Crackly cookies also perfect for halloween!
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More about Chewie’s coughing issue. He has a collapsed trachea and is susceptible to infections and inflammation very easily, causing cough flare ups which are often hard to control. Collapsing trachea is a common problem in smaller breeds partly because of the breeding choices and methods, and demands for certain features in the dogs of certain breeds. There arent any solutions to it except meds to control the coughing and inflammation, which don’t always work. We are trying a couple of things and hoping he gets to sleep at night.
One thing I’ve noticed with the vets though is that everyone checks up on him often. The vets, nurses, specialists. Which is very sweet and interesting as my docs dont check ever :). I am guessing this is because he doesnt have siblings and extended family to check up on him. I can tell you that he is being treated like a king coz of Dad’s head shaking every so often when we would be trying to get him to eat food and eat his meds or giving him his nasal spray.
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Soft Pumpkin Ginger Snaps
Ingredients
Wet
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree, (pure pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling. Use a well filled 1/3 cup)
- 1/4 cup neutral oil
- 1 tbsp flax seed meal
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 1/2 cup sugar, ( I usually use a mix of coconut and raw sugar)
- 1.5 to 2 tsp ginger bread spice blend, or 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger and 1/4 tsp ground cloves. Or use Pumpkin pie spice blend
Dry
- 1 cup flour, (I use a mix of whole wheat and unbleached white), see notes for glutenfree
- 1/2 cup almond flour , , see note for nutfree
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a bowl mix all the wet ingredients until well combined. The sugar should mix in.
- In another bowl add 3/4 cup of flour and rest of the dry ingredients and and mix well. Or use a sifter and add to that and sift everything into the wet bowl. Add rest of the flour 1 tbsp at a time to make a somewhat sticky dough. See Note *
- Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes on the counter if cool (its pretty cold these days) or chill in the refrigerator. The dough will become easier to handle.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Flour or oil your hands. Make balls (about 1 inch balls) of the dough and lightly press on the baking sheet to flatten.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 11 to 13 minutes. For crispier, bake 1 to 2 mins longer. The cookies will be soft when just baked. Cookie slam the sheet for better crackling and texture. Let them cool for 5 minutes on the sheet, then transfer to a plate. Store on t he counter covered for the day and refrigerate for upto 5 days.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you make this recipe, please consider rating it and leaving a comment below. I love hearing from you and seeing your awesome remakes! Find me on Instagram and tag me @veganricha
Cookie slam the sheet?
Gently slam the sheet on the counter right after baking. this will remove the excess air pockets from the cookies
These were ok. I would have used brown sugar and 2 teaspoons of spices. I liked the texture though.
Yes use brown sugar. I find my molasses adds a good amount of flavor and spices are flexible to preference. I tend to probably use just slightly less as mine are generally pretty potent.
Made ’em. Loved ’em. Everyone else to whom I gave them loved ’em! You’re still batting 100 with your recipes!
Hello,
I’m making these today and don’t understand your second step in the directions. Am I mixing all the dry ingredients together first and then adding 3/4 of this dry mixture to the wet batter? And then once I mix, I add 1tbsp at a time to make somewhat sticky dough.
In another bowl add 3/4 cup of flour and rest of the dry ingredients and and mix well. Or use a sifter and add to that and sift everything into the wet bowl. Add rest of the flour 1 tbsp at a time to make a somewhat sticky dough. See Note *
Mix 3/4 cup of the flour from the 1 cup flour listed, with the almond flour, baking powder etc and use tat mixture. And then if the dough is too wet, add the remaining flour 1 tbsp at a time to incorporate.
Got it! Thanks for clarifying! I’ve made 3 of your recipes and my husband and I enjoy. Will be buying your cookbook soon!
The brown rice lentil soup last night was great!
Awesome! So glad they turned out well!
What a lovely dessert recipe! I love ginger snaps–they are perfect for this season! I really want to make this with hazelnut flour–do you know if hazelnut flour will work in replacement for the almond flour?
it should work.
Made these. So Fudgy! and perfectly spiced
Awesome!
Is there a suitable way to substitute the molasses?
1 tbsp maple syrup should work.
also if you want the molassy flavor profile, use brown sugar
In your receipts, could you add a note on how to make it if you do not want to use oil please?
How would these pumpkin ginger snaps be made without it? Could a homemade nut butter be used? If so , quantity?
Hi Roda, I do mention it in some recipes that I have testes without oil, or know how they will behave without oil. In other recipes where I use a half tsp for saute, or some spray for baking, that can be easily omitted and i don’t mention the oil-free option. In recipes like these, I havent tested the cookies without oil. It might work with nut-butter but i dont know how the texture will turn out (it might be lighter and more muffin like), so its an entirely new recipe that I would have to test out with the adjustment in other quantities of flours, pumpkin etc. Each recipe takes a good amount of time to test out, photograph and edit, write up, so sometimes its not possible to test out each substitute option. Also as i mention, sometimes an entirely new recipe is needed. i’ll test a similar one out as i was hoping to use the leftover pumpkin puree to make nut butter pumpkin bars without oil and you can use that recipe when i post it to make cookies.
You can try this with the same amount of nut butter and let me know how they turned out. the flavor should be great, texture might be different.
Heres an oilfree version. https://fettabbau-trim.today/2018/09/vegan-pumpkin-blondies.html%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> You can bake the dough into cookies or bars.
so sorry about your pup. it is hard when the fur-family members are not feeling well. And no there is unfortunately not much that can be done for a collapsing trachea.
this is probably a stupid question but what is a neutral oil? the cookies look great and i would like to try them but i’m not sure what this is.
thanks.
I use organic safflower or canola.
thanks.
Can’t wait to try these this weekend! ????