Gingerbread Christmas Cookies [Vegan] – One Green Planet

1. In a large mixing bowl beat together the sugar and oil until the sugar resembles wet sand, around 1 minute.
2. Add in the molasses and milk and whisk everything by hand with a wire whisk.
3. In a separate bowl, sift in the flours and add the rest of the dry ingredients (baking powder, soda, salt, spices, and maca powder). Add this dry mixture to the bowl of wet ingredients and, using a large wooden spoon, mix well until a thick and compact dough forms.
4. Flatten the dough into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill for at least an hour.
5. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to a little more than 1/4-inch. Cut out with your favorite cookie cutters and use a thin spatula to carefully transfer the cookies to two lined baking sheets.
6. Let the cookies sit in the fridge again for 5 minutes approximately.
7. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 ºF.
8. Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, depending on the size you chose (for example, a big snowflake will need a couple more minutes than a regular-size gingerbread man). Keep an eye on your cookies because these are usually rather thin and the bottoms brown quickly.
9. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely on a wire rack before icing or dusting them with powdered sugar.

To Make the Icing:

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