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Vegan Gingerbread Men

December 11, 2019 By Gretchen 23 Comments

Well you know what they say, it takes a real man to be vegan!

LOL, these vegan gingerbread men are definite proof of that!

Slightly crispy but slightly soft and chewy too; basically everything I have always wanted in a man!

Vegan Gingerbread Men

Use this dough for your gingerbread house project this year and of course for the best gingerbread men & women cookies you will find; or  follow me through to my Winter Wonderland Gingerbread Cake where I take this dough and make a forest of gingerbread trees to decorate the top!

For the decorating part you can use my vegan royal icing, and I do love this recipe more than the original royal icing I used in my past life!

I was never a great fan of royal icing to begin with, but there’s something about this vegan version made with EnerG egg replacer that I really love so much.

The icing will harden as we want royal icing to do of course, but it stays slightly soft. It’s a strange phenomenon that I actually LOVE!

If you do not want to make the EnerG version recipe then simply use the vegan sprinkles recipe here, it is essentially royal icing, but a simpler (harder drying) recipe

I was recently told by someone who never liked gingerbread cookies that she loves my recipe!

She thought it could be the addition of black pepper! Whatever it is I have to agree!

This year I made some mini gingerbread houses to go into my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies compilation

Vegan Gingerbread House Cookies


5.0 from 2 reviews
Vegan Gingerbread Men
 
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This original recipe below I used EnerG Egg Replacer, but for those who want to use another egg replacer you can do so, simply omit the EnerG & the water in the recipe below and follow the package instructions to replace 2 eggs
Serves: 24- 4" cookies
Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour 3 cups (390g)
  • Natural Cocoa Powder 2 teaspoons
  • Baking Soda 1 teaspoon (5g)
  • Ground Cinnamon ¾ teaspoon (2g)
  • Ground Ginger 1¼ teaspoon
  • Cloves ⅛ teaspoon
  • Nutmeg ⅛ teaspoon
  • Salt ¼ teaspoon
  • Black Pepper ⅛ teaspoon
  • Shortening or Vegan Butter ½ cup (113g)
  • Light Brown Sugar ½ cup packed (105g)
  • Molasses ⅔ cup (226g) (158ml)
  • EnerG Egg Replacer1 Tablespoon
  • Warm Water 2 Tablespoons (30ml)
  • Vanilla Extract 1 teaspoon (5ml)
Instructions
  1. Combine EnerG Egg Replacer with the warm water and whisk smooth, add the vanilla extract
  2. Sift the flour with the cocoa powder, baking soda and all of the spices and the salt and pepper, set aside.
  3. Cream the shortening or vegan butter with the brown sugar until light and fluffy about 4-5 minutes,
  4. Add the egg replacer mixture and then mix well, scarpe the bottom and sieds of the bowl for an even mix
  5. Add molasses to the creamed butter mixture and mix well
  6. Add the sifted flour mixture slowly while blending on low speed, mix until it is all incorporated evenly.
  7. Turn out the entire dough onto a large piece of plastic wrap.
  8. Wrap the dough tightly and press into a disc.
  9. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight before rolling.
  10. Once out of the fridge you must re-roll this dough. It may seem dry and crumbly this is normal, you must mash it all together and knead it back together, then RE-roll on a floured work surface until it is pliable.
  11. Cut your shapes, and place on a parchment lined sheet pan.
  12. Preheat the oven to 350° F, you will bake for approximately 18-22 minutes or until light golden brown.
3.5.3226

For the Vegan Royal Icing

5.0 from 2 reviews
Vegan Royal Icing
 
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Serves: 2 cups
Ingredients
  • EnerG Egg Replacer 4½ teaspoons (20g)
  • Warm Water 6 Tablespoons (90ml)
  • Vanilla Extract ½ teaspoon
  • Confectioner's Sugar 4 cups (480g)
Instructions
  1. Combine the egg replacer with the warm water and whisk smooth
  2. Place the sifted confectioners sugar in a mixing bowl and then add the vanilla extract and the egg replacer mixture.
  3. Mix on medium to high speed until it is smooth
  4. Color as desired and decorate as you like
  5. Allow cookies to dry slightly at room temperature overnight on a sheet pan uncovered
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Comments

  1. Mary

    December 4, 2017 at 7:11 pm

    The cookies turned out great. The best recipe for gingerbread men I have made.

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 4, 2017 at 8:35 pm

      thankyou for the feedback!

      Reply
  2. jane

    December 11, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    hi, would it work to make the dough, roll it out, THEN put in fridge and then cut out?

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 11, 2017 at 6:10 pm

      yes sure

      Reply
  3. Joy

    December 12, 2017 at 7:20 pm

    Omg! I loveeee that i no longer have to convert your awesome recipes to be egg free!!
    Years ago after trying several different Italian butter cookie recipes, I found yours and it was the only one that ever converted over perfectly to make the most delicious beautiful cookies. I went through all the work of trying so many recipes and converting them over to egg free for my son who has severe food allergies .
    He was quite young at the time but would always be sad whenever I told him he couldn’t eat those pretty colored cookies with sprinkles and frosting on them that people would put out on their tables because we had to worry about eggs being in them or cross contact from any peanuts or tree nuts .
    The recipe turned out so good six years later I’m still making them and people are requesting for me to bring them for soecial occasions.
    I cannot wait to try making these gingerbread cookies I’m so excited !!! Thank you ❣️

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 12, 2017 at 11:54 pm

      YAY! awesome!! CLick here for another great one!

      Reply
    • Hajni

      December 13, 2020 at 9:24 am

      Could I ask if you use a fan or conventional oven ?
      Your recepies are great by the way.

      Reply
      • Gretchen

        December 13, 2020 at 1:04 pm

        Hi Thanks! I use standard conventional oven

        Reply
  4. Christine

    December 19, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    Hi

    What can I replace the egg replacer as I can’t find in Singapore. Thanks

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 20, 2017 at 12:57 am

      you can use flax meal as an egg replacer 1 Tbs + 3 Tbs warm water

      Reply
  5. ron cluff

    September 12, 2018 at 2:15 pm

    I need to make 200 ginger bread men… can I just times your receipe by
    5 and will dough keep in fridge for how long??

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      September 12, 2018 at 7:49 pm

      yes dough will be fine for a week or more

      Reply
  6. suzie blair

    December 1, 2018 at 2:13 am

    Love love everything you do. Thank-you for all of your hard work.

    I am excited to make your gingerbread “girls”, would you please give me a source for the eyes you use.

    Thank-you for your time,
    Suzie

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 2, 2018 at 9:49 pm

      Hi Thanks! Yes you will love this recipe! The men that I show here in this picture was from before my vegan days so I just bought candy eyes from Wilton and I am not 100% sure they are vegan. But you can always just make your own with some white royal icing and then black (or blue) for the iris

      Reply
  7. Cake

    December 8, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    Excellent recipe thank you!

    Reply
  8. Sita

    December 19, 2018 at 3:23 pm

    Can I use Bob Red Mill egg replacer for the icing?

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 19, 2018 at 5:57 pm

      No that kind of egg replacer is not good for this icing. Instead you can just make this royal icing, its so easy I use it for making Sprinkles all the time,and it is great for icing cookies too CLICK HERE
      I used it on my Mini Gingerbread Houses

      Reply
      • Mary Renic

        December 7, 2019 at 7:40 pm

        Hi Gretchen, would you be able to provide the gingerbread dough recipe which is not vegan. I’ve baked them every Christmas but now I can’t find it on the internet.

        Thank you,
        Mary

        Reply
        • Gretchen

          December 7, 2019 at 8:49 pm

          Hi Mary, sorry I no longer share non vegan recipes, but this recipe is a prefect rendition, no one would know it is not made with eggs and such.
          Otherwise I am sure you can find some great non vegan recipes on the internet, but I DO hope you try this one.

          Reply
  9. Miche

    December 13, 2019 at 12:31 am

    Hi Gretchen
    Will this cookies be “sturdy” enough to use as hanging tree ornaments?

    Thanks in advance for your guidance.

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      December 13, 2019 at 5:48 am

      YES!

      Reply
      • Miche

        December 13, 2019 at 11:03 am

        Thank you for such a quick reply :). I absolutely LOVE every recipe of yours that I have tried. Are there plans to make your book available on Google Books? I keep searching for it there but never see it as an option for purchase.

        Reply
  10. Emily

    December 20, 2019 at 6:34 pm

    I’ve never made gingerbread cookies before. How thick do I roll them out? Is there a benefit to waiting to roll it after 3 hours versus right away?

    Reply

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