Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C)

Step 2

Add the vegan butter and brown sugar to an electric mixing bowl and cream together.

Step 3

Prepare your flax egg by mixing 1 Tbsp Flaxseed Meal with 3 Tbsp Hot Water and allowing to sit for a minute.

Step 4

Add the molasses, vanilla and flax egg to the electric mixer and beat together with the vegan butter and brown sugar.

Step 5

Sift the flour into a bowl and add the baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves and mix together.

Step 6

Add all the dry ingredients into the mixing bowl containing the wet ingredients and mix into a thick batter.

Step 7

Flour a surface and your hands very generously and transfer the cookie dough onto the baking surface. Roll it into a ball, adding flour as needed so it doesn't stick.

Step 8

Roll out with a rolling pin to around a 1/4 inch thick and cut out some gingerbread men. Dip your cookie cutter in flour each time so it doesn't stick. Move the gingerbread men to a parchment lined baking tray.

Step 9

Gather the scraps of dough, form into a ball and roll out again, cutting out more men.

Step 10

Don't be shy to add more flour each time, this dough can be quite sticky and you need it not to be as you roll it, so add flour as needed. Any excess flour on the gingerbread cookies will bake off.

Step 11

Repeat this process until you have used all the dough.

Step 12

Place into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes and then remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before decorating.

Step 13

When you're ready to decorate, mix the decorating frosting ingredients together. It should be quite thick, but when you stir it into a peak, it should hold it's shape for a bit before melting back down and should be quite sticky.