Golden Ginger & Turmeric Cookies (Gluten Free)

These lovely warming cookies contain ground almonds, seeds, oats, desiccated coconut, coconut oil, lots of spices — healthy, wholesome and golden.
Golden ginger & turmeric cookies (gluten free)

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

The Recipe

Golden ginger & turmeric cookies (gluten free)

Golden Ginger & Turmeric Cookies (Gluten Free)

These lovely warming cookies contain ground almonds, seeds, oats, desiccated coconut, coconut oil, lots of spices - healthy, wholesome and golden.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
10-12 biscuits
4.50 from 6 votes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup ground almonds
  • 1 cups organic gluten-free oats
  • 1/2 cup mixed seeds I used a mix of sunflower, pumpkin and linseed and sesame
  • 1 cup dessicated coconut
  • Pinch pink salt
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 knob fresh ginger – grated
  • 1 tsp fresh turmeric grated or 11/2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 ripe bananas mashed
  • 1/3 cup coconut honey or maple syrup/rice malt syrup
  • 1/2 cup melted coconut oil–I used Coconut Merchant
  • 2 tbsp almond butter

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to gas Mark 5/180C
  • Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl
  • Melt the coconut oil in a saucepan (low heat) and then pour into a separate bowl, add in the banana’s, coconut honey, almond butter, fresh ginger and turmeric–mix to combine everything.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix really well to combine everything.
  • Shape the mix into balls and pop them onto a lined baking tray (I rub with a little coconut to stop them sticking).
  • Bake for approx 20-25 minutes until slightly brown on the outside.
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I'd love to hear your comments…

  • 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

    • Hi Liberty
      I adapted the recipes a little book for a the book – but both work
      Best
      Niki xxx

  • 5 stars
    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!

    • Hi Karry
      Fantastic! So happy you and your daughter love them
      Much love, Niki xxx

  • Hi Niki,

    Is the ground almond the same as using Blanched Almond Flour?

    Can’t wait to try these!

    • Hi Susan
      yes absolutely, its the same as almond flour.

      Love
      Niki xxx

      • 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 🙂

  • Not a big fan of banana (working on this)…any alternative recommendations for this delicious-looking recipe?

    • 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

    • 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

  • I have made these many times and add about 3 tablespoons of fresh tumeric. They are delicious

  • 5 stars
    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

  • 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

  • Laura Bao

    Hello!

    What kind of oats do I use?? Rolled, steel cut, or the quick cook steel cut?

    Thank you!

  • 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.

  • 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!!

  • 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!

  • 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 🙂

  • 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.

    • 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 🙁

    • 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?

    • 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.

    • 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

  • Such a great idea to add turmeric in Cookies. What is Coconut Merchant??? xoxo Janine

    • Hey lovely!
      Thanks hon, coconut merchant is a brand of coconut products(my fav).
      Love Niki xx

  • Vanessa

    What temperature is gas mark 5?

  • 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

    • Yay!
      So glad you liked them lovely.
      Let me know what you think
      Lots of love
      Niki xxxxx

      • 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.

        • Hi Pam
          I haven’t costed it but the ingredients are readily available in most supermarkets
          Much love
          Niki xx

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