Vegan Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies
The Christmas season in Japan is always just a little bittersweet for me. It's not that big of a deal for most people here and it can be hard for someone like me who used to celebrate the holidays in America. Even so I refuse to let that be a deterrent. This year as always, I'll put on my Christmas CD and made a day out of decorating my tree and apartment with beauty and holiday cheer!
For this year I decided to mix things up a bit. Instead of buying a store-bought Christmas cake and cookies, I'm planning on making them myself. Last night, I had a sudden urge for cookies and thought it would be the perfect time to give those cookies a trial run. With the exception of the amateurish decoration, the cookies turned out delicious. Not only that, they were surprisingly easy to make. One more thing I must mention is that I did use butter in my cookies as we really don't have any substitute here in Japan for it thus making this recipe pseudo-vegan. However if you can get them, 
These vegan gingerbread snowflake cookies taste just like Christmas. You can also pack them up in nice boxes or containers for a yummy homemade gift for your friends and family.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened or vegan butter substitute
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup molasses
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Put the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until fluffy.
- Mix together the water and baking soda until dissolved. Stir in the molasses.
- Combine the flour, salt, ginger, allspice and cinnamon. Add it to the butter mixture.
- Add the flour mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Shape into a ball and cover with plastic wrap. Put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Roll the dough to a 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut snowflake patterns out with a cookie cutter.
- Place them onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Cook on wire rack.
- Make sure cookies are completely cooled before decorating with icing.
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