Gingerbread Christmas Cookies [Vegan] – One Green Planet

1. In a big mixing bowl beat collectively the sugar and oil till the sugar resembles moist sand, round 1 minute.
2. Add within the molasses and milk and whisk all the pieces by hand with a wire whisk.
3. In a separate bowl, sift within the flours and add the remainder of the dry elements (baking powder, soda, salt, spices, and maca powder). Add this dry combination to the bowl of moist elements and, utilizing a big wood spoon, combine effectively till a thick and compact dough types.
4. Flatten the dough right into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill for no less than an hour.
5. On a flippantly floured floor, roll the dough out to just a little greater than 1/4-inch. Minimize out together with your favourite cookie cutters and use a skinny spatula to fastidiously switch the cookies to 2 lined baking sheets.
6. Let the cookies sit within the fridge once more for five minutes roughly.
7. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350 ºF.
8. Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, relying on the dimensions you selected (for instance, an enormous snowflake will want a pair extra minutes than a regular-size gingerbread man). Keep watch over your cookies as a result of these are often fairly skinny and the bottoms brown shortly.
9. Take away the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool fully on a wire rack earlier than icing or dusting them with powdered sugar.

To Make the Icing:

1. In a small bowl, whisk confectioner’s sugar and milk along with a fork.