Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
  • 3 tablespoons Lyle's Golden Syrup (see Note)
  • 1 tablespoon molasses
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 3/4 cups almond meal, such as Bob's Red Mill
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • Demerara sugar, for rolling
  • 2 1/2 pints dairy- and gluten-free ice cream, such as Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss chocolate-hazelnut fudge, softened slightly

Method

  • In a bowl, thoroughly blend the brown sugar with the oil, Lyle's Golden Syrup and molasses.
  • Beat in the egg.
  • In another bowl, stir the almond meal with the cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, ginger, pepper and cardamom.
  • Stir the dry ingredients into the brown sugar mixture until well blended.
  • Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 and line 2 baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper.
  • Scoop the dough into heaping 1-tablespoon mounds and roll into 20 balls, then roll the balls in the demerara sugar.
  • Set the balls 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake the cookies for about 14 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through baking, until they are slightly firm.
  • Let stand for 5 minutes, then transfer the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
  • Scoop the ice cream onto the underside of half of the cookies and top with the remaining cookies.
  • Press together slightly and serve.