Healthy Protein Gingersnaps
Healthy Protein Gingersnaps only 100 calories! Made low in sugar and big on taste, these doughy cookies are winter baking must haves. Gluten Free + Low Calorie
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour
- 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder I used Vega Clean vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar or sugar of choice
- 1 egg white large, room temperature
- 5 tablespoons coconut oil melted, or oil of choice
- 2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 tablespoon ginger
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine coconut sugar, egg, molasses and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, protein powder, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and sea salt.
- Add two tablespoons of the dry ingredients to the wet and fold to combine. Then add melted coconut oil and the rest of the flour mixture and fold to combine. Do not over stir.
- To form the gingersnaps, take 1 heaping tablespoon of the batter and roll into a ball and place on the baking sheet until you have 12 balls.
- Bake at 350 F for 8 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire baking rack to cool a few minutes. While cooling drizzle a little extra molasses with a spoon. This is optional, but makes the flavors really pop!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 11.8g | Protein: 2.7g | Fat: 5.9g | Saturated Fat: 4.9g | Sodium: 108.9mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 5.7g