Soft Gingerbread Cookies for Babies
These Soft Gingerbread Cookies for Babies are naturally sweetened with dates and apple sauce, which makes them suitable for littles under 2 years of age!
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Servings: 15 cookies
Calories: 99kcal
Equipment
- 1 Baking tray
Ingredients
- 180 g all purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 60 g almond flour
- 80 g apple sauce
- 80 g medjool dates 4 large dates softened in boiling water
- 75 g unsalted butter softened at room temperature
- 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
Instructions
- Soak the pitted dates in boiling water for 30 minutes.
- In a small food processor, blend the soaked dates and apple sauce until a paste is formed (Scrape down the sides and repeat as needed).
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
- Add the date-apple mixture, vanilla, and unsalted butter.
- Start incorporating the wet and dry ingredients using a silicone spatula. Then, use your hands to form a moldable dough.
- Cover the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Flour a clean surface and using an adjustable rolling pin, roll out the cookie dough to ¼ in (6mm) and use a gingerbread cookie cutter to cut the cookies.
- Transfer to a lined baking tray and bake at 350F for 11 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool before moving them as they will harden a bit more during cooling.
Notes
- Alternatively, open the dough on a baking silicone mat or parchment paper.
- This sugar-free recipe can be offered to babies over nine months old when they can handle soft, dry foods. These cookies are not sweet to an adult taste but just the perfect sweetness for a baby who hasn’t been exposed to sugary foods.
- If offering to older kids, you can split the dough and add 1 tbsp of maple syrup to half of it. If necessary, add more flour until the dough is no longer sticky.
- The recipe calls for Medjool dates; double the amount if using deglet noir dates or other smaller types.
- I strongly recommend measuring the ingredients using a weight scale. Alternatively, I also added measurements to the cups.
- If your oven does not bake evenly and has some hotter spots, I recommend rotating the baking tray halfway through the baking process to ensure the even baking of the cookies.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Soft Gingerbread Cookies for Babies
Amount per Serving
Calories
99
% Daily Value*
Fat
4
g
6
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Trans Fat
0.2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
11
mg
4
%
Sodium
1
mg
0
%
Potassium
58
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
14
g
5
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
4
g
4
%
Protein
1
g
2
%
Vitamin A
135
IU
3
%
Vitamin C
0.1
mg
0
%
Calcium
9
mg
1
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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