Vegan Gingerbread Cookies in Air Fryer and Oven
These vegan gingerbread cookies are flavorful, perfectly spiced, and bake for 10 minutes in either the air fryer or oven, with preparation and preheating taking additional time. They are golden, slightly crisp at the edges, and fragrant with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. The dough rolls and cuts beautifully into any shape. No eggs, no dairy. A wonderful festive bake that fills your kitchen with the most beautiful holiday scent. Also try my Christmas Sugar Cookies, Lemon Lavender Shortbread, or Earl Grey Butter Cookies.
Eggless Dairy-Free Gingerbread Cookies in Air Fryer and Oven
Flavorful and perfectly spiced, these Gingerbread Man Cookies are so easy to make. Bake them for 10 minutes in either an air fryer or oven. Preparation and preheating take additional time. Makes about 12 cookies (depending on size of your cookies)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (100g) Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) Vegetable Oil
- 3 tbsp (45 ml) Water, room temperature
- 1 tsp (4 g) Baking Powder
- 2 cups (280 g) All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp (5 g) Cinnamon Powder
- 1/4 tsp (0.5 g) Ground Ginger
- 1/4 tsp (0.5) Ground Cloves
- 1/4 tsp (0.5 g) Ground Nutmeg
Instructions
- To a bowl, add sugar, oil, water and baking powder. Mix until sugar dissolves completely
- Sift into bowl, flour, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves and ground nutmeg. Mix until flour not visible.
- Shape dough into a ball. Place dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out until 5mm (1/4 inch) thick.
- Cut out cookies with cutter. If baking in oven, place cookies on baking tray lined with parchment paper.Bake in PREHEATED oven at 350oF (180oC) for 10 minutes.
- If using air fryer, preheat air fryer 350oF (180oC) for 2 minutes.Oil air fryer rack and place cookies on rack. Air fry at 350oF (180oC) for 10 minutes.
- Cookies will be soft when hot. Let it cool down and harden before handling them or they might break.
Video
Notes
Video timing: The creator’s video captions specify 10 minutes at 350°F (180°C) for either the oven or air fryer. The air-fryer method includes a separate 2-minute preheat.
The total uses the existing preparation estimate plus the cooking and any separately listed preheat time. Allow additional cooling time and extra batches where applicable.
Suggested recipes
If you liked this recipe, try these next:
