Gingersnaps, crisp, spicy, sugar cookies, are easy to make, even for the inexperienced baker. Just follow this recipe.
By Carol Egbert
Gingersnap Cookies
Chewy spicy cookies, perfect with a pot of tea or a glass of milk.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Ingredients
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- 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- ¼ cup molasses
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- additional granulated sugar to top cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Put flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and kosher salt into large bowl and stir with wire whisk to combine.
- Beat butter until soft, add brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- When the butter/sugar mixture is combined, add eggs and grated fresh ginger and beat until mixture is fluffy.
- Beat in molasses, honey and lime juice and gradually add flour mixture and mix until flour is incorporated.
- Chill dough in freezer for 30 minutes, until it is stiff enough to be formed into 3/4 inch balls.
- Roll balls into granulated sugar, bake for 10 minutes on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Transfer cookies to cooling rack.
Notes
Without the parchment paper, it would have been impossible to lift the cookies from the baking sheet.
