Indulge in the delightful world of ginger snaps, a classic cookie with a distinctive spicy-sweet flavor that has captivated taste buds for generations. These crispy and aromatic treats, often associated with the holiday season, are a perfect blend of warmth and nostalgia. Explore a collection of carefully curated ginger snap recipes that cater to diverse dietary preferences and skill levels. From traditional to gluten-free and vegan variations, each recipe promises a unique culinary adventure. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your baking journey, these recipes will guide you through the process of creating these timeless cookies with ease. Allow yourself to be enveloped in the irresistible aroma of ginger and spices as you embark on a delightful baking experience.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
MOM'S GINGER SNAPS
Fabulous, spicy cookies.
Provided by Elaine
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, oil, molasses, and egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture. Roll dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Roll each ball in white sugar before placing 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in preheated oven, or until center is firm. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 105.2 calories, Carbohydrate 15 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4.8 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 90.8 mg, Sugar 9.1 g
SOFT GINGERSNAPS
These are the best soft gingersnaps. I always get requests for this recipe.
Provided by DEATRICH81
Categories Desserts Cookies Gingersnap Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Beat 1 cup flour, brown sugar, shortening, molasses, egg, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves in a large bowl until thoroughly combined; stir in remaining 1 1/4 cup flour. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in white sugar; place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven until cookies are set and tops are crackled, 8 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 103.8 calories, Carbohydrate 15.2 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 39.7 mg, Sugar 8.6 g
GRANDMA'S GINGERSNAP COOKIES
This melt-in-your-mouth ginger cookie recipe that I received from my grandmother has been enjoyed in my family since 1899.
Provided by Marie Ayers
Categories Desserts Cookies Gingersnap Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 30
Number Of Ingredients 10
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 121.2 calories, Carbohydrate 17.5 g, Cholesterol 6.2 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 126.3 mg, Sugar 8.2 g
CRISPY GINGERSNAPS
A thin, spicy gingersnap cookie.
Provided by Larry Goldsmith
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 22m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugar. Add the egg and beat until light and fluffy, then stir in the molasses. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Add to the egg mixture and stir until well blended. Roll bits of dough into 1 inch balls. Dip each ball in sugar and place on cookie sheet, sugared side up about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies have spread and tops have cracked. Let cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 93.8 calories, Carbohydrate 12.7 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 105.2 mg, Sugar 6.9 g
COOKIE JAR GINGERSNAPS
My grandma kept two cookie jars in her pantry. One of the jars, which I now have, always had these crisp and chewy gingersnaps in it. They're still my favorite cookie recipe. My daughter, Becky, used this recipe for a 4-H fair and won a blue ribbon. -Deb Handy, Pomona, Kansas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield 3 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. In another bowl, combine next five ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape level tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Dip one side into remaining sugar; place 2 in. apart, sugary side up, on greased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned and crinkly, 12-15 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 92 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 106mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
GRANDMA'S GINGERSNAPS
This was my mother-in-law's recipe and my husband's favorite. Shorten or lengthen the cooking time for a softer or crisper cookie.
Provided by RAMB
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses until well blended. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; stir into the molasses mixture to form a dough. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 100.2 calories, Carbohydrate 15.5 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 149 mg, Sugar 9.7 g
EXTRA-SPICY GINGERSNAPS
Steps:
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and spices in a mixing bowl and set aside. Cream the butter until smooth and fluffy in a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer). Add the sugars and mix. Add the molasses and mix. Add the egg whites in 2 batches, mixing to combine after each addition. Add the dry ingredients in three batches, mixing to combine after each addition.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread a few tablespoons of granulated sugar on a small plate.
- Roll the dough into 3/4-inch balls, then roll each ball in the sugar until lightly coated. Transfer to parchment lined cookie sheets, leaving 1-inch of space between the cookies. Bake until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.
INCREDIBLY CRISP GINGERSNAPS
In 1998, I was invited by Pat Adrian, director of the Good Cook division of the Book of the Month Club, to judge the group's annual office baking contest. There were luscious cakes, pies and cookies of all types, but these gingersnaps were the hands-down winners. Julie Ellis-Clayton, the winner of the contest, was kind enough to share her recipe with me.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 55m
Yield about 40 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl; stir well to mix. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together on medium speed the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes until very light, fluffy and whitened. Add the egg and continue beating until smooth. Lower speed and beat in half the dry ingredients, then the molasses. Stop the mixer and scrape down bowl and beater. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients. Remove bowl from mixer and use a large rubber spatula to finish mixing the dough. Use a small ice cream scoop to scoop out 1-inch diameter pieces of dough. Roll into balls between the palms of your the hands, then roll in the sugar. Place the balls of dough on the prepared pans leaving about 3 inches all around each, to allow for spreading. Bake the cookies for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until they have spread, the surface has crackled, and they are firm to the touch. Slide the papers from the pans to racks. Store the cooled cookies between sheets of parchment or waxed paper in a tin or platic container witha tight-fitting cover.
GINGER SNAPS
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories dessert
Time 45m
Yield about 4 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cardamom, clove and salt. Place the brown sugar and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on low speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the molasses, egg and fresh ginger and beat on medium for 1 minute. Add the crystallized ginger and using a rubber spatula, stir to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until well combined. With a 2-teaspoon sized scoop, drop the dough onto a parchment lined half sheet pan approximately 2-inches apart. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 12 minutes for slightly chewy cookies or 15 minutes for more crisp cookies. Rotate the pan halfway through cooking. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to stay on the sheet pan for 30 seconds before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with all of the dough. Store in an airtight container for up 10 days. If desired, you may scoop and freeze the cookie dough on a sheet pan and once frozen, place in a resealable bag to store. Bake directly from the freezer as above.
TRIPLE-GINGER GINGERSNAPS
Ginger cookies are holiday hits. Tuck them into clean, recycled coffee cans wrapped in decorative paper. With a glue gun, add ribbon or trim. -Jessica Follen, Waunakee, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 45m
Yield about 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in molasses, egg and fresh ginger., Combine flours, ground ginger, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in crystallized ginger. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in sugar mixture. Place 3 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. , Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 54 calories, Fat 2g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 8mg cholesterol, Sodium 65mg sodium, Carbohydrate 9g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
AMAZING GINGER SNAPS
My Aunt Lisa always made these chewy ginger snaps around the holidays. These are so easy to make and are sure to disappear for whatever crowd you make them for, your family or a get together. Enjoy!
Provided by Jennifer Mazorra Salamy
Categories Desserts Cookies Gingersnap Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mix flour, 1 cup sugar, canola oil, molasses, egg, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a bowl. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour 1/4 cup sugar into a bowl.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and coat each ball in sugar. Flatten each coated ball onto a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to harden, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool on the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 146.6 calories, Carbohydrate 21.1 g, Cholesterol 7.8 mg, Fat 6.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.5 g, Sodium 157.8 mg, Sugar 12.4 g
OLD-FASHIONED GINGERSNAPS
I discovered this recipe many years ago, and it's been a favorite among our family and friends since. Who doesn't like cookies during the holidays? -Francis Stoops, Stoneboro, Pennsylvania
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield about 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill. , Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls and dip into sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for about 10 minutes or until set and surface cracks. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 150 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 29mg cholesterol, Sodium 211mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
SNAPPY GINGERSNAPS
Another wonderful recipe from Emily Luchetti. I GUARANTEE these are the best gingersnaps you will ever taste. These cookies are a staple around here at Christmas. My Pastor begs me for a batch every year. I like to make the dough and freeze in logs, the slice and bake them when I need them.
Provided by P48422
Categories Dessert
Time 28m
Yield 3 1/2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- On your mixer using the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Add the egg and the molasses and beat until incorporated.
- Scrape down the bowl, then add the remaining ingredients and mix on low speed until everything is combined.
- Do not overmix.
- Using about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie, roll into balls and place them 2 inches apart on parchment lined pans.
- Bake until flat and evenly browned, about 13 minutes.
- Cool on the pan, the remove to a rack to finish cooling.
- These cookies are best the day they are baked, but will keep for several days.
- Note: You can make the dough ahead, roll into logs, freeze, then slice and bake when you need them.
- That's how I make them.
- Note #2: You can also dip these in chocolate, just half-way up the cookie, to dress them up.
Tips:
- Use fresh, high-quality ginger for the best flavor.
- Grate the ginger finely so that it distributes evenly throughout the cookies.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help the cookies be chewy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. Overmixing will make the cookies tough.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help the cookies hold their shape.
- Bake the cookies in a preheated oven. This will help them bake evenly.
- Watch the cookies closely while they are baking. They can burn easily.
Conclusion:
These ginger snaps are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for the holidays or any time of year. With their chewy texture and spicy flavor, they are sure to please everyone who tries them. So next time you are looking for a sweet and satisfying snack, give these ginger snaps a try. You won't be disappointed!
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