Best 4 Chewy Gingersnaps Sparkle Cookies Recipes

SOFT & CHEWY GINGERSNAP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large bowl (or in the bowl of a stand mixer) use an electric mixer to beat together butter and sugars until creamy and well-combined.
• Add molasses, vanilla extract, and spices (ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and cayenne pepper) and stir well.
• Stir in egg.
• In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet until completely combined.
• Scoop dough into 1 ½ Tablespoon-sized balls and roll between your palms to form a smooth ball (if dough is too sticky to manage, you can chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes). Roll cookie dough ball through sugar until it's completely coated and then place on prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies at least 2" apart.
• Bake on 350F (175C) for 10-11 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet before enjoying.

GRANDMA'S GINGERSNAP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sift the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a mixing bowl. Stir the mixture to blend evenly, and sift a second time into another bowl.
• Place the shortening into a mixing bowl and beat until creamy. Gradually beat in the white sugar. Beat in the egg, and dark molasses. Sift 1/3 of the flour mixture into the shortening mixture; stir to thoroughly blend. Sift in the remaining flour mixture, and mix together until a soft dough forms. Pinch off small amounts of dough and roll into 1 inch diameter balls between your hands. Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar, and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Store in an air tight container.

GINGERSNAP COOKIES (SOFT & CHEWY)

Steps:

• Mix the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves well and set aside.
• In another bowl mix with a beater 1 to 2 minutes the sugar, margarine, egg and molasses.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix by hand.
• Take one good size tablespoons of dough (or more to make a bigger cookie) and roll into a ball.
• On a plate put at least a 1/4 cup of sugar.
• Then roll the balls into the sugar.
• Bake at 350 on an ungreased cookie sheet (air-insulated type is the best) for 10 to 12 minutes.

BIG SOFT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.