Nothing says fairy tale Christmas like warm gingerbread, fresh out of the oven. The smell alone is enough to make the grinchiest woman (or man) in the house spontaneously sing Burl Ives.

Unfortunately, real gingerbread with heaping spoonfuls of molasses, isn’t an option for us lectin-enlightened folk. It’s not that we’re grinches–we want to enjoy the holidays, preferably pain free. Which may mean saying no to some of our traditional sugary treats.

But before you start building a 7-story gingerbread mansion as a creative outlet for your gingerbread-deprivation frustration (that’s a thing), here is my “Plant Paradox tweaked” recipe for warm gingerbread in a mug. It takes 5 minutes to make, and it tastes…pretty close…to the real thing.