Healthier Gingerbread Cookies

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Ingredients

3 cups (345 grams) whole wheat pastry flour*, spooned and leveled, plus more for work surface
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon finely ground black pepper
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ cup melted coconut oil
½ cup unsulphured molasses (use regular molasses for lighter, somewhat spicy cookies or blackstrap molasses for very spicy, intensely flavored cookies—or a mixture of both)
½ cup packed coconut sugar
1 large egg
Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
½ cup powdered sugar (here’s how to make your own)
¼ teaspoon lemon zest (optional, for intense lemon flavor)
2 ¼ teaspoons lemon juice

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