Vegetarian ginger cookies with spelt and honey

Vegetarian ginger cookies for cutting out, made with spelt flour, butter and honey, with fresh ginger, ground ginger and cinnamon. A spiced dessert, 168 kcal per three cookies.

At a glance

• Serves 12
• Prep time: 75 min
• Cooking time: 10 min
• Total time: 85 min
• Calories: 168 kcal per serving
• Protein: 3 g
• Fat: 8 g
• Carbs: 22 g

Ingredients

• 250g spelt flour
• 100g butter
• 100g honey
• 1 egg
• 20g fresh ginger
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 pinch of salt

Method

You’ll need: oven · baking tray · grater · cookie cutters

1. Melt the butter and honey over a low heat and let the mixture cool until lukewarm.
2. Peel the ginger and grate it finely. Stir it into the honey butter with the egg.
3. Mix the spelt flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and salt and knead everything into a dough. Wrap it in cling film and chill it for 45 minutes.
4. Roll the dough out 4 mm thick between baking paper, cut out 36 stars or gingerbread men and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
5. Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 170 °C (150 °C fan) for 8 to 10 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.
6. Leave them to cool on a wire rack.

Good to know

These cookies are for anyone who finds Lebkuchen too mild. Fresh and ground ginger together give them a pleasant heat.

Swaps

Butter → coconut oil. Honey → maple syrup. Fresh ginger → 1 tsp more ground ginger. Spelt flour → plain flour.

Cooking tips

The dough is firm after chilling and softens quickly as you roll it, so roll it out in two portions. Honey cookies brown fast, so stay close to the oven for the last few minutes.

Storage

Keeps for 3 weeks in a cookie tin.

Allergens

Contains gluten (spelt), milk (butter) and egg; often too spicy for children – then leave out the fresh ginger.