Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

Today, while volunteering in my son's class, I found out that his teach is celiac.  So is my daughter's teacher.....well how the heck do I bake for them for Christmas?!  So tonight I wrote this recipe for gluten free gingerbread cookies, I am not going to lie, they are pretty good.  Well worth it for my kids amazing teachers!

Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

1 cup (salted) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup molasses
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 1/4 tsp xanthan gum (find it at your local health food store)
2 1/2 cups brown rice flour
Decorative sugar

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the soda, xanthan gum, and flour in a separate bowl.

In my Kitchen Aid, I cream the butter and sugar.  Add the eggs one at a time.  Mix in the vanilla, spices, and molasses.

Add in your dry ingredients.  Your dough will not be quite as stiff as a regular cookie dough.

Using a medium sized cookie scoop (drop by the teaspoon), scoop cookie dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.  Sprinkle with decorative sugar.

Bake for 8-11 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown.  I leave my "gluten free" cookies on the cookie sheet for about 5 mins to let them set before moving them to a wire rack to cool.