Community Pick
Chewy Gingersnaps Sparkle Cookies
photo by ChicagoShannon
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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60 cookies
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 1⁄2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
directions
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together using a hand mixer. Add other wet ingredients and mix.
- Add dry ingredients and mix. Dough should be easy to handle and not sticky. Add a little more flour if necessary. The dough should NOT be dry.
- Shape dough into one inch balls and roll in white sugar.
- Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Remove immediately from cookie sheet onto cooling rack. Enjoy!
Reviews
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I can't even begin to say what a PERFECT Gingersnap recipe this is!! I made them light on the molasses and slightly heavier on the spices and I have never tasted a better Gingersnap! These are so good I have to say they have beat out the most perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe I use and are now my #1 cookie recipe! One of the many sweets I made for Christmas I had to force myself to leave these so we could finish the other sweets that I knew wouldn't stay good as long. A week later and these cookies were just as good as the day I made them! Thank you so much and my husband is ever so grateful that I found a good Gingersnap recipe since only one grocery store that we've found makes decent ones and they are expensive there.
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I've made these cookies for several years now and they are wonderful. I agree with some of the other commenters that they really shouldn't be called 'gingersnaps' as they do not snap, but they certainly are delicious. I've found that the recipe as written DEFINITELY needs a bit more flour if you want the cookies to be chewy. I also like to add a tablespoon or two of grated fresh ginger. This adds a bit more moisture so again a little more flour keeps them chewy. Not only are they a lovely, pretty seasonal cookie, I've had several pregnant friends swear by them to prevent morning sickness as well! They do have a pretty heavy molasses flavor, so if you aren't a fan, using a bit less can't hurt. I've found baking them for a shorter time and letting them cool a bit on the cookie sheet helps with getting them off the sheet in one piece, while letting them stay chewy.
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Tweaks
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Really nice cookies. Needed a 'go to' cookie that was healthier and easy to do with my 12 yo step daughter. A few helpful hints that worked for us, and some minimal changes (many are already mentioned by others) 1. Added 2 teaspoons grated fresh (peeled) gingeroot along w/ wet ingredients. 2. Substituted nutmeg for cloves 3. Add 1/4 cayenne pepper (not too hot, no worries) 4. SIFTED the flour and added more as needed to sticky dough. Don't over add--just as trishypie recommends. 5. Don't overcook. 10 min is perfect. 6. We put dough in the freezer for 20 min before starting, and in between batches as well. Makes it easier to scoop using a melon baller, and to handle.
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Great cookie with lots of flavor! I halved the recipe but had to add a little more flour because it has been very dry here lately, I also rolled the cookies in some raw sugar instead of granulated sugar and the cookies came out sparlking with a chewy inside and a crunchy outside. Thank you for the great recipe.
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Fantastic!! The only thing I changed was that I substituted nutmeg for the ground cloves, only because I didn't have the cloves. My husband loved these cookies and said they tasted like they came from a bakery. People who didn't like ginger cookies liked these cookies!! And everyone was so impressed that I made them because they come out looking so wonderful! We also made some ice cream sandwiches with vanilla ice cream using these cookies and they were delicious!!
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