I happened to have gold sugar on hand from th e gingerbread/cookie house and rolled my cookies in that instead of traditional sugar. Soft on the inside and just perfect on the outside. I swapped out the molasses for honey and still feel like I came away with a home-run cookie. Perfect Low Potassium Ginger Cookie Even Without Molasses KidneyGrub Soft Ginger Cookies (2 cookies) Traditional Gingerbread Cookies (2 cookies) Sodium could be cut back with less baking soda as well or by using a sodium-free baking soda substitute. I’m not sure, but for me, it meant I could try pulling out the molasses and see if I still got a decent cookie. This isn’t listed in the chart below, but the caloric content for one 2.5″ gingerbread cookie is 67 calories, while one soft ginger cookie is 142 calories. That means either the soft ginger cookies from Davita were twice as big (making them fairly comparable to a traditional gingerbread cookie) or just more calorically dense. When I did a cookie comparison last week for the gingerbread house we were making, I was surprised to see that this kidney-friendly cookie, on a cookie-for-cookie comparison, was a bit higher than a traditional gingerbread cookie. I used this Soft Ginger Cookie recipe from Davita since I had heard rave reviews about it. Lower PotassiumSoft Ginger Cookie Recipe – Chewy Bite on Outside, Soft on Inside If you MUST have molasses, then opt for something other than blackstrap.Ĭheck out how all of the sweeteners stack up against one another for potassium and phosphorus: 1 Tbsp Serving Size All are low in phosphorus, but the potassium content varies widely. You could also use dark corn syrup or for an interesting flavor try maple syrup instead. The spices are the key, especially the ginger! I love substituting for all things molasses to lower the potassium. The quintessential smell and flavor of ginger cookies doesn’t necessarily come from molasses. Dark molasses and light molasses have less – around 300 mg each per tablespoon but it is still a significant amount of potassium. Just one tablespoon has more potassium than almost 2 oranges. One tablespoon of blackstrap molasses has 450 mg of sodium per NCCDB. Molasses is why gingerbread ends up on a lot of “naughty” lists this time of year. The problem with gingerbread for people with kidney disease is just one ingredient – molasses. Why is Gingerbread on the Naughty List for Kidney Disease? And the smell of gingerbread and a warm house in a very very cold town is the kind of smell that is as much Christmas to me as candy canes and sparkly lights. My mom’s gingerbread wasn’t the most incredible I’ve ever tasted, it was kind of spicy.īut the cookie dough was out of this world. So we set out to make kidney-friendly ginger cookies that you are sure to love!Ĭheck out how we modified this recipe for a lower potassium spin on a classic holiday treat! A Kidney-friendly Ginger Cookie You Can Really Really LOVEĪll of us have some smells, flavors, sounds, etc… that pour holiday memories and warm feelings into our souls. Gingerbread cookies are the quintessential cookie during the holiday season but can be high in potassium.
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