Chocolate-Covered Katie Gingerbread Molasses Cookies

Today I am excited to begin a new series on the Kale Storm! I will be making recipes from blogs and cookbooks and posting photos and a review of them. I think this series will be really fun because most of the food I make comes either from a blog or a cookbook. Many of the reviews I post will be for recipes from the following blogs and cookbooks:

BLOGS:

Chocolate-Covered Katie, by Katie Higgins

Oh She Glows, by Angela Liddon

Minimalist Baker, by Dana I-can’t-find-her-last-name

COOKBOOKS:

The Vegan Table, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

The 30-Day Vegan Challenge, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

The Plantpower Way, by Rich Roll and Julie Piatt <—just got this one; I’m so excited!

Chocolate-Covered Katie, by Katie Higgins

The first recipe I’ll review here is the Gingerbread Molasses Cookies, from the Chocolate-Covered Katie Cookbook. Let me tell you, this recipe was really a surprise! I’ve had mixed results with CCK cookie recipes in the past; sometimes they turn out wonderfully (such as the peanut butter cookies in this post) and sometimes they turn out stubbornly crumbly or just un-cookie-like. However, these cookies are great!

They are chewy, soft, dense in just the right way, flavorful, and not too sweet. In the recipe, you may use your choice of brown sugars, and I chose coconut sugar. This was a great idea- coconut sugar adds so much depth of flavor, making the cookies almost reminiscent of salted, spiced caramel. Coconut sugar is also much more nutritious than cane sugar, with a lower place on the glycemic index and many more important minerals.  I used coconut oil for the fat, of which there is only 2.5 tablespoons, and as always I’m glad I did. The cookies spread just the right amount, which is an impressive feat for low-fat cookies.

This recipe makes 15-18 very small cookies. It uses only 2.5 tablespoons of oil, has a gluten-free option, and is whole-grain. The cookies are soy-, nut-, stevia-, and xylitol-free. Each cookie is 50 calories. They are full of delicious warming spices and would be great for the holidays.

Here are a few photos from the process of making the cookies:

I think that’s about it for this recipe review! If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments <3