Gingersnaps
Recipe: #27286
August 07, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Shaped, Christmas Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Flour, Spices, Kosher Dairy, more
"These are a family favorite. I always make them around Thanksgiving and Christmas."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (20.3 g)
- Calories 84
- Total Fat - 3 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.9 g
- Cholesterol - 12 mg
- Sodium - 53.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 9.7 g
- Protein - 0.7 g
- Calcium - 7 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 3
Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Step 4
Add the molasses, egg, and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
Step 5
In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Add to the butter mixture and mix until well combined.
Step 6
Cover and chill the batter for about 30 minutes.
Step 7
Place about 1 cup sugar in a medium sized bowl.
Step 8
When the dough has chilled sufficiently, roll into 1 inch balls.
Step 9
Then roll the balls of dough into the sugar, coating them thoroughly.
Step 10
Place on the baking sheet, spacing about 2 inches apart and, with the bottom of a glass, flatten the cookies slightly.
Step 11
Bake for about 12 - 15 minutes or until the cookies feel dry and firm on top.
Step 12
Cool on a wire rack.
Tips
No special items needed.