Bake up a vegan gingerbread house with this delicious vegan gingerbread recipe. I based this eggless gingerbread recipe on the amazing gingerbread house recipe [1] my family has been using for decades, and for baking thousands of gingerbread houses.
I developed this vegan gingerbread house recipe because one of my daughter's friends has a serious egg allergy, and I wanted her to be included in the fun of our gingerbread tradition.
To convert my gingerbread house recipe into a vegan gingerbread recipe, I only needed to replace the eggs. I used aquafaba--the liquid from a can of chickpeas--as the egg substitute to make my eggless gingerbread house.
If you don't like eating chickpeas, and don't want to waste any beans, you can actually purchase powdered aquafaba [2]! I didn't know that until after I'd already bought the cans of chickpeas, but I was planning to roast them to make a snack, anyway.
Vegan Gingerbread Recipe:
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2 Cups granulated white sugar
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1 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
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1 Cup solid vegetable shortening
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12 Tablespoons aquafaba
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3 Tablespoons molasses
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1 1/2 teaspoons salt
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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1 Tablespoon ginger
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1 Tablespoon cinnamon
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6 Cups flour
The instructions for making the dough, and how to roll it out and bake the pieces, is exactly the same as my traditional gingerbread house recipe [1], so head over to that blog post for all the details.
The dough behaved just like the non-vegan gingerbread dough I've been making for years. It had the same feel, and rolled out just as easily.
It baked a little faster than my standard gingerbread house dough. If you're making small pieces or gingerbread men, check the cookies at 10 minutes. If you're making a large sheet of gingerbread to cut into four roof pieces, I cooked the full, normal 14 minutes.
The vegan gingerbread was a little more crisp than my usual gingerbread recipe--but that's a great thing for constructing gingerbread houses! Though it was more crisp, it was still delicious and a great texture for eating, too.
I was so glad I was able to include my daughter's friend in our holiday tradition safely! And I'm delighted to have a vegan gingerbread house recipe in my repertoire now.
Be sure to check out the vegan royal icing recipe [3] I used to assemble and decorate the vegan gingerbread houses.