Gingersnaps

by Melody Thacker, in Baking, Recipes (1 Comment)

Welcome to our first twelve days of Christmas cookie recipes series! Our first recipe is for a family favorite Gingersnaps.  Nothing makes your home smell like the holidays like baking cookies filled with sweet spices. Gingersnap cookies are a classic, made with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

Gingersnaps are my husband’s favorite cookie at Christmas and year-round. He likes hard crunchy cookies so I leave them to cool completely on a wire rack before I put them away.

For your convenience, you’ll find a printable version of this recipe below.

 

Gingersnap Cookie Recipe

Ingredients for Gingersnap Cookies:

1 cup of sugar
3/4 cup of butter
2 eggs
3 cups of flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon Watkins ginger (ground)
1 teaspoon Watkins cinnamon (ground)
1/2 teaspoon Watkins cloves (ground)
1/2 cup of molasses
1/4 cup sugar for coating cookies

Directions: Cream the sugar and butter together in a large bowl, add in the eggs. Then add the molasses, making sure to stir well. Next, stir in the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.

Refrigerate the dough for an hour or two to chill. While preheating the oven to 350 degrees, roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in granulated sugar and place two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake cookies for 10 minutes.

Store cooled cookies in an airtight container. These cookies can be frozen and keep well. This is a good way to hide them from family members (like my husband!)

What are your favorite Christmas cookies? We’d love to know, so please share in the comments below!

The next Chrismas Cookie recipe is Nutty Christmas Cookies

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