Nanas Soft Gingersnap Cookies Food

SOFT & CHEWY GINGERSNAP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large bowl (or in the bowl of a stand mixer) use an electric mixer to beat together butter and sugars until creamy and well-combined.
• Add molasses, vanilla extract, and spices (ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and cayenne pepper) and stir well.
• Stir in egg.
• In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet until completely combined.
• Scoop dough into 1 ½ Tablespoon-sized balls and roll between your palms to form a smooth ball (if dough is too sticky to manage, you can chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes). Roll cookie dough ball through sugar until it's completely coated and then place on prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies at least 2" apart.
• Bake on 350F (175C) for 10-11 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet before enjoying.

GINGERSNAP COOKIES (SOFT & CHEWY)

Steps:

• Mix the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves well and set aside.
• In another bowl mix with a beater 1 to 2 minutes the sugar, margarine, egg and molasses.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix by hand.
• Take one good size tablespoons of dough (or more to make a bigger cookie) and roll into a ball.
• On a plate put at least a 1/4 cup of sugar.
• Then roll the balls into the sugar.
• Bake at 350 on an ungreased cookie sheet (air-insulated type is the best) for 10 to 12 minutes.

NANA'S SOFT GINGERSNAP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine softened butter, sugar, molasses and egg; beat well.
• Mix dry ingredients and ginger; add to batter; mix well.
• Chill batter for 1 hour.
• Form into 1" balls; roll in sugar and place on greased cookie sheet 2" apart.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Makes 36 cookies.

PEANUT BETTER GINGERSNAP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, stir together both flours, baking soda, 1 tsp cinnamon, ginger, allspice and salt. Set aside. Combine granulated sugar and remaining 1 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
• In another medium bowl, beat together brown sugar, peanut butter and butter on medium speed of electric mixer for about 1 minute. Add molasses, egg and vanilla. Beat again until smooth.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture.
• You will be making a stiff dough. Using your hands, shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Roll balls in reserved cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place on cookie sheet at least 2 inches apart (they spread a lot when baking). Flatten cookies slightly using a fork.
• Bake cookies for 7 minutes. They may appear undercooked, but that's okay. Remove cookies from oven and immediately transfer from pan to a wire rack to cool.

CRACKED GINGERSNAP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 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 butter 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 butter mixture; stir to blend.
• Sift in the remaining flour mixture and mix together until a soft dough forms(do not overmix).
• Roll dough into 1" diameter balls between your hands.
• Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar or just sugar, and place 2" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Store in an air tight container.