I made these little golden warming cookies the other day as a client was coming over for a day of food styling. I thought it would be nice to welcome them with a lovely, just baked, deliciously warm and gooey cookies.
And these are pretty special as they contain fresh ginger and turmeric.
Yes, fresh turmeric with its rich golden colour and amazing anti-inflammatory properties.
But don’t worry if you can’t find fresh, as ground is also amazing and will give the same colour and benefits – they taste absolutely delicious!
Lovely crunchy cookies with gorgeous warming spices, and did I mention the other wholesome ingredients? Ground almonds, mixed seeds, oats, desiccated coconut, coconut oil, lots of spices, a banana, and a little coconut honey for sweetness.
My clients loved them, thankfully, which is always a brilliant test! I hope you do too…
Love Niki xx
LIberty Mills
made these before from the book, but in the book, it is a different cooking time is there a reason. There were fab from the book, just i leant it to my friend, but i recall it being around 18mins
Niki
Hi Liberty
I adapted the recipes a little book for a the book – but both work
Best
Niki xxx
karry
This was a fabulous cookie. I enjoyed it as a treat cookie and as a hiking nutritious cookie. My friend’s 8 year old daughter was in love with them too. This cookie is on my make again list. Great recipe!
Niki
Hi Karry
Fantastic! So happy you and your daughter love them
Much love, Niki xxx
Susan
Hi Niki,
Is the ground almond the same as using Blanched Almond Flour?
Can’t wait to try these!
Niki
Hi Susan
yes absolutely, its the same as almond flour.
Love
Niki xxx
Jo
These sound delicious & just what I’m looking for to help reduce what I suspect is chronic inflammation. BUT, I don’t have any fresh ginger & lack the energy to make my way to a shop – can I substitute the fresh ginger with powdered ginger? If so, how much? Whenever I make gingerbread or gingerbread biscuits I always increase the ginger, I really like to taste it 🙂
Niki
Hi Jo
of course!
I would use 3-4 tsp
Much love
Niki xxx
Jeni
Not a big fan of banana (working on this)…any alternative recommendations for this delicious-looking recipe?
Niki
Hi Jeni
The best replacement is apple sauce. But you may need to add a flax or chia egg as well as the banana helps bind the cookies.
Or you could try 2 tbsp coconut yogurt and an extra tbsp almond butter.
Good luck
Love
Niki xxx
chris elwell
hi , is it possible to make these without banana ? what could I substitute please
loving the recipes in your new book
Niki
Hi Chris
The best replacement is apple sauce. But you may need to add a flax or chia egg as well as the banana helps bind the cookies.
And so happy you’re loving me recipes x
Love
Niki xxx
Ulli
I have made these many times and add about 3 tablespoons of fresh tumeric. They are delicious
Niki
Fantastic!
So happy you like
xxx
Ulli
Love them. I had used double the amount of Tumeric from the garden and next time will use even more. tumeric – loving it. Thanks for the recipe.
Ulli
Niki
Perfect! x
Jo Rapmund
Hi My son-in-law (25) has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and is having treatment but he’s feeling very sick, have you got a good easy ginger and Turmeric cookie recipe that would help with indigestion and sickness please, thank you
Niki
Thank you Jo xxx
Laura Bao
Hello!
What kind of oats do I use?? Rolled, steel cut, or the quick cook steel cut?
Thank you!
Niki
Hi Laura
Entirely up to you.
Love
Niki xx
Sahej
I just made these and they are instantly my new favorite cookie. I used the frozen/thawed banana method and it worked perfectly. I totally recommend making these. Thanks for the recipe.
Niki
Brilliant, so happy you liked
Love
Nikixx
Marilyn
I made these and love them so much!! My notes:
– Ground whole almonds in a food processor. So quick
– Forgot to put the coconut in BUT i put it on top of them about halfway through baking and this worked out nicely. I was using large coconut flakes and had lots of browned flakes on my sheet after which I enjoyed. Most likely due to the lack of dessicated coconut in the
batter, I had trouble forming the mixture into balls initially. I added coconut flour in small amounts to help firm it up.
– Didn’t have a fresh banana on hand but had frozen sliced banana. I microwaved about 2 banana’s worth for about a minute and drained the excess liquid. I personally love the results I get from microwaved frozen banana… it sounds weird but it seems to make things super moist. It is also SO easy to mash
– Used just chia & black sesame seeds for the seeds
– Used maple syrup instead of honey (I read that baking honey is toxic??)
– The bottoms were burnt but not to the point that they weren’t enjoyable. I used coconut oiled foil, but parchment paper might be better
– Went heavy on the fresh ginger, and minced it because grating was a hassle
– Used about a tbsp of ground turmeric
– Allspice instead of mixed spice
This is a really great recipe. I don’t feel sick after eating these as I would with other baked goods. Excellent dairy-free, flourless, eggless and refined sugar-free recipes are hard to come by so thank you!!
Niki
Thanks so much for your recipe notes Marilyn!
Great suggestions
Xx
Victor Cronin
Just finding this now and it sounds like an excellent treat for those in my own support group that are battling Cancer 🙂
Even the Maple Syrup can act as a *Trojan Horse* to draw the cancer cells to the Turmeric, Ginger, seeds, and with the
addition of walnut pieces, we have a delicious winner!
Niki
Thank you Victor. Really glad you approve.
Best wishes
Niki xx
Katherine
Hi Nikki,
I loved these GInger & Tumeric cookies (specially as they are vegan and gluten free). And I would also really love to feature it in our website Greenthickies.com. With your permission of course. Would it be all right if I used one of these images? I will not post the actual recipe and its contents, but just an image and title and the link back to your post.
Thanks a lot 🙂
Niki
So glad you like them! And of course, my pleasure.
Love, Niki xx
Melanie
I make almond milk once a week and then I use the left over pulp to make these yummy biscuits. I don’t tolerate oats so use quinoa flakes. I love the taste of chai so I have been adding cardamon seeds and some cloves – yum. I have also been known to throw in cranberries, walnuts, cacao nibs. I make a batch of these biscuits every week now and we loooove them. So quick and easy and they taste amazing. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe, we love them.
Niki
Hi Melanie
So happy that you love them! Your additions sound amazing, giving me lots of ideas!
Love & hugs Niki xxx
Elle Stocks
Hi, I have made the cookies but they are just crumbling! I cannot even roll them into balls, they seem really oily 🙁
Niki
Hi Elle
Sorry to hear that. I’ve made them many times and I haven’t had this issue. I’m really sorry to hear you are having problems.
I suggest adding more oats until the mix comes together.
Fingers crossed
Best wishes
Niki xx
Janette
Is mixed spice the same as all-spice?
Niki
Hi Janette
It’s not quite the same, but all spice will work perfectly here.
Best wishes
Niki xxx
Kristine
These look great and I really want to try them, but what is mixed spice? That is not something I’m familiar with in America. Also wondering how much a “knob of ginger” equals. Thanks so much.
Niki
Hey Kristine
I’m so glad you like them!
If you can’t find mixed spice don’t worry, they will still be delicious.
And a thumb size of ginger
Love Niki xx
Janine
Such a great idea to add turmeric in Cookies. What is Coconut Merchant??? xoxo Janine
Niki
Hey lovely!
Thanks hon, coconut merchant is a brand of coconut products(my fav).
Love Niki xx
Vanessa
What temperature is gas mark 5?
Niki
Hey Vanessa
Sorry about that.
It’s 190c
Best wishes
Niki xx
kathryn
These are amazing, we loved them so much, I’ve ordered some fresh turmeric and can’t wait to bake them. Thank you for a wonderful day Nikki Xxx
Niki
Yay!
So glad you liked them lovely.
Let me know what you think
Lots of love
Niki xxxxx
Pam S.
Can u please tell me if u can buy all the ingredients in Tesco’s or Asda super market and if u have any idear on how much it will cost to buy all u need to make the biscuits.
Niki
Hi Pam
I haven’t costed it but the ingredients are readily available in most supermarkets
Much love
Niki xx