First, I just want to say that these turned out perfectly. I wanted to make a grain-free ginger snap because I used to love eating ginger snaps with my French Canadian Granny, but I don’t do so well with grains. Also, I love warming flavors like ginger and cinnamon during these colder months.
I chose to make them AIP (Auto-immune Paleo) friendly because I personally don’t do well with almond flour which is in almost all paleo baking and I have many clients on the AIP diet for inflammation and autoimmunity. I have been wanting to bake with Tigernut flour for a while now. Though the word nut is in Tigernut, this flour is actually totally nut free.
Tigernuts are not nuts at all. Rather, they are small root vegetables which comprised 80% of our Paleo ancestors’ diet around 2 million years ago. This ancient superfood originates from Africa. It is currently cultivated in West Africa & Spain.
How fun right?
Anyhow….I hope you enjoy these. I followed these directions precisely and they came out perfectly golden, but soft in the middle, just like my Granny used to make.
Enjoy!
