Easy Soft Sourdough Einkorn Gingerbread Cookies

These sourdough einkorn gingerbread cookies are a festive, tasty, holiday treat. Made with rich ingredients like einkorn flour and sourdough starter, these easy, soft gingerbread cookies are the perfect dessert to share on Christmas Day. 

These sourdough einkorn gingerbread cookies are a festive, tasty, holiday treat. Made with rich ingredients like einkorn flour and sourdough starter, these easy, soft gingerbread cookies are the perfect dessert to share on Christmas Day. 

A Time for Treats 

I try to keep things minimal at our house in terms of sugar. We don’t buy a lot of candy, sodas, or treats on the normal basis.

But there’s definitely something about Christmastime that changes that! And while we are craving the sweeter things, we also like to make them with from-scratch ingredients.

Baking sweet treats around Christmas time with wholesome ingredients makes them much more enjoyable. There’s no calorie counting, no tummy aches, and no sugar spikes. 

These easy, soft gingerbread cookies are made with einkorn flour and sourdough starter, making them a delicious and guilt free Christmas treat recipe! 

I know your family will love this cookie recipe as much as we do. 

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Why use einkorn flour and sourdough starter to make cookies?

If you’ve been around the blog for a while you know that I love cooking with einkorn flour and sourdough starter. 

This is because the combination of both makes for a highly digestible and healthier option for baked goods. Whether its breads, cakes, cookies, or just morning pancakes, sourdough and einkorn make a fierce combo that the whole family will benefit from. 

Sourdough is the process of fermenting grain over time to strip some of the phytic acid away from the gain. It’s allowing the good bacteria to grow, creating a dough that has natural yeast in it in order to rise. 

Einkorn, on the other hand, is an ancient grain that hasn’t been stripped away of its natural properties. Einkorn is one of the only non-hybridized grains, which is a process used to increase grain breeding but in turn strips away many of the health benefits of that grain. When you use einkorn flour, your product has about 30% more protein and 30% less gluten in it, making it a desirable grain for many gluten-sensitive people. 

So when you combine einkorn flour with sourdough starter you get a really great bread product! Read more about einkorn flour and sourdough starter here. 

New to Sourdough?

You can learn how to make your own sourdough starter from scratch to make homemade bread, sourdough pizza, bagels, and more. 

Put all your sourdough recipes in one spot! 

Download and print off this NEW sourdough recipes ebook and keep your favorite sourdough recipes on your counter for easy, every day cooking. 

More Desserts from the Homestead

Homemade meringue powder for royal icing

Sourdough einkorn sugar cookies

Einkorn cranberry brownies

Sourdough chocolate cranberry brioche rolls

Homemade pumpkin ice cream

Can you use sourdough discard for gingerbread cookies?

For these easy chewy gingerbread cookies, you can use sourdough discard. You can make these the same say, or let the dough sit in the fridge overnight for the benefits of fermentation. 

Can you use regular all purpose flour instead of einkorn? 

If using regular all purpose flour, just use 3 1/4 cup regular all purpose flour for this recipe instead of 4 cups of einkorn flour. 

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Tools You May Need

Stand up mixer or large bowl with handheld mixer

Measuring cups and spoons

Plastic wrap

Baking trays

Parchment Paper

Gingerbread men cookie cutters

Small ziplock bag (optional – for icing piping)

Easy Soft Sourdough Einkorn Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients

Makes 2-3 dozen medium to large cookies 

Wet ingredients and sugar:

3/4 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup sourdough starter

1/4 cup honey or maple syrup

3/4 cup molasses

12 tbsp butter room temp cut into pieces

2 tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla

Dry ingredients:

4 cups einkorn flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1 tbsp cinnamon

1 tbsp ginger

1/2 tsp ground clove

1/2 tsp salt

Meringue royal icing Frosting:

3 cups powdered sugar 

3 tbsp meringue powder (learn how to make your own here)

6-8 tbsp room temp water 

How to Make Gingerbread Cookies with Einkorn and Sourdough

In a large mixing bowl or stand up mixer, add the wet ingredients and sugar and mix until combined. 

Then add the dry ingredients and mix until combined, making sure to not over mix. 

Roll the dough into a ball and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours, or overnight for the benefits of long fermentation. 

When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cover two baking sheets with parchment paper. 

On a clean countertop, roll the dough down to about 1/4 inch thick. Keep the dough thick ensures you get nice soft gingerbread cookie. 

Use your gingerbread men cookie cutters to make your cookies. Place cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet. 

Bake 10 minutes in the oven, and then let the cookies sit on the baking tray an additional 5-10 minutes. Then, transfer them to a cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting. 

To make the icing:

Combine the sugar, meringue powder, and water in a mixer and combine on medium speed until a thick icing forms.

For the piping, scoop the royal icing into a ziplock bag and cut the corner tip off of one corner. Gently squeeze the bag to get the icing out for decorating your gingerbread men! 

Store in the fridge or on the countertop for 3-5 days, or in the freezer for up to one month. 

More Einkorn Sourdough from the Homestead

Einkorn Sourdough Crepes

Sourdough Einkorn Peach Cobbler

Einkorn Sourdough Dinner Rolls

Einkorn Sourdough Discard Tortillas

Sourdough Einkorn Banana Bread

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