Sourdough Gingerbread Cookies

(from greenfood’s recipe box)

Source: Weston Price Foundation

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes
Serves 10 people

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sourdough starter
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 2 cups flour – I used whole wheat einkorn
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup water
  • Mix up, and put in fridge for 6 hours.
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar, or sorghum, or honey – if honey or sorghum you should eliminate water and increase flour by 1/4 cup
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda or 3/4 if using honey

Directions

  1. Mix sourdough starter, molasses, flour, salt, water and put in the fridge for 6 hours.

  2. Remove from fridge, let soften for maybe 30 minutes.

  3. Meanwhile, cream butter with coconut sugar. Add cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and baking soda. Mix well. add to above softened dough and return to fridge for at least an hour or so to firm back up. I put it in fridge overnight.

  4. Roll out somewhat thin and bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.

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