Holiday Cookies

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor and is dairy-free.

molasses

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: maple syrup

Honey provides sweetness with a different flavor profile.

icing sugar

🥗Healthier: pureed fruit

💰Cheaper: granulated sugar

Pureed fruit can create a natural glaze.

ground cloves

🥗Healthier: ground nutmeg

💰Cheaper: ground allspice

Nutmeg offers a similar warmth in flavor.

Cream together plant-based margarine and all natural cane sugar.

Add smooth applesauce and vanilla extract to the mixture and mix well.

Add molasses to the mixture and mix again.

Sift together flour, corn starch, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and all spice in a bowl.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture using a mixer.

Wrap the cookie dough in Saran wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out the chilled dough using the Saran wrap to prevent cracking.

Cut out shapes using cookie cutters, including a gingerbread man, gingerbread girl, star, snowflake, snowman, and moose.

Bake the cookies on a silicone mat in the oven.

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