Is it holiday cookie season yet?! I feel like it can always be holiday cookie season. Thanksgiving party coming up? Bring some cookies! Work party? Bring some cookies? Friday movie night? Bake some cookies! See! It’s always time for cookies!
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Now in the meantime, let’s get our nutrient packed cookies on!
Ginger Tahini Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 12-14 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup tahini
- 1 cup maple sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup cassava flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix together tahini, maple sugar and vanilla extract using a large spoon. Then add egg and mix again until well combined.
- Then add cassava flour, ground ginger, baking soda, salt and Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts then mix to combined.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out around 2 tablespoons of dough and make into a round ball. Place parchment paper lined baking sheet. This dough will create 15 cookies. Once you’ve placed all the dough onto the baking sheet, use a fork to only slightly press down each cookie dough ball.
- Place baking sheet into the oven and bake for 10-13 minutes until browned and slightly crispy.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes then move to cooling rack. Then eat up buttercup!
Notes
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Those cookies look super yummy. I love Hemp Hearts! I use them in my smoothies.
I’m trying this recipe without the hemp seeds (hubby in military and they show up as drugs) and I hope they will turn out!
Can I use something in lieu of the cassava flour and maple sugar? Can’t seem to find them anywhere, and I’m in a time crunch! Thank you!
i don’t have an alternative for cassava flour. you could probably use a gluten free flour instead. and you can just use coconut sugar instead of maple sugar, they will just be darker in color
I made these as a weekend treat and they are delicious! The tahini and ginger combo is so satisfying!
so glad you liked it, elizabeth!!
Hi Juli,
As I did not have Cassava Flour on hand, I substituted Coconut Flour instead. Otherwise, I followed the recipe to a “t.” The batter was really runny and while delicious, the cookies baked up like mini pancakes. I’m super bummed and wondering if you had any thoughts for me to try? Bump up the 1/4 cup of coconut flour to balance out the 1 cup each of tahini and maple? Thanks! Michelle
hahaha that’s definitely not following it to a T. cassava and coconut flour are extremely different and cannot be subbed 1:1. i would recommend making the recipe as i wrote it. i haven’t tried it with coconut flour and cannot give a recommendation since i haven’t made it that way
Is there a way to make with stevia instead? Trying to make them low carb…tia!
not sure, i’ve never baked with stevia
I’ve not heard of hemp hearts before but am going to look for them tomorrow do I can make these cookies. I would also use them in smoothies and I’d try them on some oatmeal for some crunch,
Can you use fresh ginger or just juice ginger? I really want that ginger flavor to pop!
sure, i think that will still work!