Preparation

• Pour into a bowl:
  • 3/4 cup whole grain semolina flour;
  • 1/2 tsp of sifted baking soda;
  • 1/4 tsp of salt;
  • 1 tsp of cinnamon;
  • 1 tsp of ginger;
  • 1 tbsp of sifted coconut sugar [also add the part that does not pass through the sieve] ^{[you can replace coconut sugar with the sweetener you usually use];}
  and mix with a silicone spatula.

  Pour into a graduated glass:
  • 1/4 cup of water [or milk or plant-based milk];
  • 2 tbsp of sunflower seed oil;
  • 1 tsp of lemon juice;
  and quickly emulsify the three liquids.

  Transfer the liquids into the bowl with the dry ingredients and knead with your hands until you get an elastic dough.

  Place the dough ball inside a freezer bag and let it rest in the fridge for at least half an hour.

  Once the spiced wholemeal shortcrust pastry without butter, milk, and eggs is ready, we can shape our cookies in any form, making them suitable for every holiday and occasion.

• Take the dough out of the fridge.

  Roll it out with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/4-1/2 inch and cut the cookies into desired shapes.

  Line a baking tray with a sheet of parchment paper and arrange the cookies on top.

• To make stars and little stars you need two cookie cutters of the same shape and different sizes to make hollow stars through which to pass the ribbon to hang them on the tree.

  For perfect shapes that do not deform when handling with double molds:
  • cut out the large star [large mold] without removing the large mold;
  • cut out the small star in the center of the large star [small mold] and remove the small mold with the little star in the center;
  • only then remove the large mold.

• ^{If possible, bake the hollow stars separately from the little stars as they have significantly different cooking times and the little stars could burn.}

  Briefly preheat the oven.
  Bake at 350°F for about 10 minutes in a convection oven until evenly browned.
  They cook quickly, be careful not to burn the tips!
  ^{Temperatures and times may vary from oven to oven and based on the thickness of the cookies.}

  Your whole grain ginger and cinnamon cookies without butter, milk, and eggs are ready.

  Enjoy your meal!

  

• We occasionally indulge in them for breakfast as a replacement for wholemeal rusks or wholemeal semolina bread.
  Example our typical breakfast:
  • skim milk 150 g → low-fat yogurt 130 g;
  • wholemeal rusks 15 g → wholemeal semolina bread 30 g → whole grain cookies ^{[for the weight I refer to wholemeal rusks]}.

  ^{As Professor Enzo Bonora generally suggests
  It’s important in any case, in the presence of diabetes, to build experience on the impact of this food and all others on blood sugar. This means measuring before and two hours after eating it. Preferably more than once for more reliable information. If the blood sugar increase is contained [below 50 mg], you can give a “green light” to that type of food. Otherwise, it’s better to avoid it.}

• • whole grain cinnamon cookies without butter, milk, and eggs.

  

• • Semolina and wholemeal flours glycemic index type 2 diabetes.
  • Sugar and sweeteners type 2 diabetes.