Best 8 Snappy Ginger Snaps Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable world of classic and creative ginger snap cookies with our comprehensive recipe collection. Discover the timeless charm of traditional ginger snaps, characterized by their crisp texture and warm, spicy flavor. Explore variations that add a unique twist to this beloved treat, such as chewy ginger snaps with a soft and chewy center, or gluten-free ginger snaps that cater to dietary preferences. Whether you prefer a classic or a contemporary take on this classic cookie, our recipes offer a delightful journey through the world of ginger snaps.

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SNAPPY GINGERSNAPS



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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

1/2 lb unsalted butter, room temp
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup molasses
4 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

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.

GINGER SNAPS



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Provided by Alton Brown

Categories     dessert

Time 45m

Yield about 4 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

9 1/2 ounces all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground clove
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
7 ounces dark brown sugar
5 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
3 ounces molasses, by weight
1 large egg, room temperature
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
4 ounces finely chopped candied ginger

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.

SNAPPY GINGER SNAPS



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This is my updated version of a very delicious ginger snap cookie. I replaced the shortening with butter. I added more ginger, I added pepper for a slight kick. I also reduced the baking soda. Which was over powering in the original. I replaced some soda, with baking powder. I reduced the salt. I added some vanilla...

Provided by Nor Mac

Categories     Cookies

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 c all purpose flour
1 3/4 Tbsp ( around 5 teaspoons) ground ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp white pepper or black pepper ( i used white)
1/4 tsp salt ( omit if using salted butter
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 c softened unsalted butter ( you may use salted butter. do not forget to omit salt from the ingredients in the recipe.)
3/4 c granulated sugar
1/4 c packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 c dark mollasses
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 oz candied or crystalized ginger chopped
SUGAR FOR COATING
1/2 c granulated sugar
1/2 tsp ground ginger

Steps:

  • 1. Pre-heat oven to 350°. Parchment line a baking sheet.
  • 2. Into a bowl. sift the flour, Ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together. (Omit salt if using salted butter in recipe.)
  • 3. In a large bowl. Beat the butter with the granulated sugar and brown sugar until well vombined.
  • 4. Add in the egg. Mix in egg thoroughly.
  • 5. Add in the vanilla , molasses, and chopped candied ginger. Mix until smooth.
  • 6. Sift in the flour mixture half at a time. Mix between additions of flour mixture. Mix until a soft diugh forms
  • 7. Mix the sugar with the ginger thoroughly. Place on a plate Pinch small amounts of dough. Make balls of dough. Make about 1 inch in diameter, or about the size of a small gum ball.
  • 8. Roll balls in sugar mixture.
  • 9. Place sugarcoated balls on sheet pan about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool slightly. Remove from sheet pan to continue cooling on a wire rack.

SNAPPY GINGERS



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 13

2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar, plus sugar for dusting the cookies
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground espresso
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Special equipment: an electric mixer with paddle attachment
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Use an electric mixer to cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and molasses and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the flour, espresso, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, baking soda, and salt. Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture. (The dough will be quite soft.)
  • Roll the dough into tight 1-inch round logs, wrap snugly in parchment paper or plastic wrap, and chill until firm (see Cook's Note*).
  • Unwrap the dough and slice into 1/4-inch rounds. Pour some sugar into a shallow dish. Press the top of each cookie into the sugar and then place cookies sugar side up on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan about 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Do not over bake; the cookies will become "snappy" once they have cooled completely. Transfer them to a wire cooling rack to cool for 5 minutes.

INCREDIBLY CRISP GINGERSNAPS



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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

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar in a shallow bowl, for finishing

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.

EXTRA-SPICY GINGERSNAPS



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 30m

Yield 60 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cool unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus extra for rolling
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup molasses (not blackstrap)
1/4 cup egg whites (from about 2 eggs)

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.

MOM'S GINGER SNAPS



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Fabulous, spicy cookies.

Provided by Elaine

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Spice Cookie Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup packed brown sugar
¾ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
⅓ cup white sugar for decoration

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

GRANDMA'S GINGERSNAP COOKIES



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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

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
¼ cup dark molasses
⅓ cup cinnamon sugar

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

Tips for Perfect Ginger Snaps:

  • Use good quality ground ginger: Freshly ground ginger has a more intense flavor than pre-ground ginger. If you can, grate your own ginger for the best results.
  • Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing the dough will make the cookies tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
  • Chill the dough before baking: Chilling the dough will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
  • Bake the cookies at a low temperature: Baking the cookies at a low temperature will help them develop a crispy texture.
  • Watch the cookies carefully: Ginger snaps can burn easily, so keep an eye on them while they're baking.

Conclusion:

Ginger snaps are a delicious and classic holiday cookie. They're easy to make and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With their spicy and sweet flavor, ginger snaps are sure to be a hit at your next holiday gathering. So what are you waiting for? Give this recipe a try today!

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