Sweet Crêpes
Active: 30 minutes
Total: 45 minutes
Chewy Gingersnap Cookies
Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Serves: 24
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 2½ teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar, plus ½ cup for rolling
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup finely chopped candied ginger (optional)
Instructions
Heat the oven (with two oven racks toward the middle) to 350°F. Line 2 rimmed sheet pans with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter, brown sugar, and ½ cup of the granulated sugar until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides with a silicone spatula as necessary. Beat in the egg. Then beat in the molasses and vanilla. Scrape down the sides. Add the flour mixture and, with the mixer on low speed, mix in until just incorporated. The dough will be stiff. Mix in the candied ginger, if using.
Put the remaining ½ cup sugar in a bowl. Between the palms of your hands, roll the dough into 2 tablespoon-size balls, then roll in the sugar to coat. Place 2 inches apart on the prepared pans (they spread).
Bake 13 to 16 minutes, rotating the pans 180° halfway through, until the edges are set (the center will still be quite soft). Let cool on the pan 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cook a few minutes longer if you like your cookies crisp.
step by step
/01/
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
/02/
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides with a silicone spatula as necessary.
/03/
Beat in the egg. Then beat in the molasses and vanilla. Scrape down the sides.
/04/
Add the flour mixture and, with the mixer on low speed, mix in until just incorporated. The dough will be stiff.
/05/
Finely chop the candied ginger, if using. Mix into the dough.
/06/
Put the remaining ½ cup sugar in a bowl. For rolling, we used Bob's Red Mill Fine Crystal Cane Sugar because it's sparkly. But plain granulated sugar is fine, too.
/07/
Between the palms of your hands, roll the dough into 2 tablespoon-size balls, then roll in the sugar to coat. Place 2 inches apart on the prepared pans (they spread).
/08/
Bake 13 to 16 minutes, rotating the pans 180° halfway through, until the edges are set (the center will still be quite soft). Let cool on the pan 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
This recipe was printed from:
https://jessicaseinfeld.com/recipes/chewy-gingersnap-cookies
