How to Make Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Preheat the oven.

   You will be baking your easy vegan gingerbread cookies in a standard oven.
   
   Before you begin mixing the cookie dough, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 177 degrees Celsius., Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt to a large mixing bowl.
   
   Use a whisk to combined the dry ingredients.
   
   Whisk together until completely combined.
   
   This process will aerate the flour as well as combine the dry ingredients., Add the oil, molasses, sugar, milk, and vanilla extract to a medium sized mixing bowl.
   
   Whisk these ingredients together until completely combined., Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, using a whisk to combine them.
   
   Continue whisking the ingredients together until completely combined.
   
   You should not have any large lumps in your cookie dough., Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, like your kitchen counter.
   
   Use your hands to flatten the dough into a disk.
   
   The disk should be about 8 inches in diameter., Wrap the flattened dough disk in plastic wrap.
   
   Place the dough in the refrigerator.
   
   Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or overnight., After your dough has been refrigerated for at least half an hour, you will roll it out into cookies.
   
   Prepare a surface, like your clean kitchen countertop, for rolling by dusting it with flour., Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out until it is about ¼ inch or
   0.65 centimeters thick.
   
   Use the cookie cutters to cut the dough into desired shapes.
   
   Place the cut cookies on a large baking sheet., Once your oven has preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 177 degrees Celsius, you can bake the cookies.
   
   Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven, and bake the cookies for 8 minutes.
   
   The cookies should be a rich brown color when done., Once you remove the baking sheet from the oven, use a spatula to remove the cookies from the baking sheet.
   
   Place the cookies on a cooling rack.
   
   Let the cookies cool completely before serving.
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   Step 2: Whisk together the dry ingredients.

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   Step 3: Combine the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.

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   Step 4: Combined the wet and dry ingredients.

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   Step 5: Flatten the dough.

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   Step 6: Refrigerate the dough.

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   Step 7: Prepare a cookie-rolling surface.

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   Step 8: Roll and cut the cookies.

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   Step 9: Bake the cookies.

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    Step 10: Cool and serve the cookies.

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