These spicy ginger cookies are made with molasses and ginger. The dough is rolled into a ball, rolled in sugar and then baked. You get a delicious spicy cookie with a beautifully crackled sugary top.
My husband is a fan of odd, at least in my opinion, strong flavored cookies like; molasses, agave, butterscotch, caramel, ginger, and cinnamon. He also likes chewy cookies, which is easy to do with chocolate chip or peanut butter, but ginger snaps?? He asked me to make a ginger snap without the snap, so this is what I came up with. I definitely met his approval with this spicy gem. They turned out chewy and delicious, and made my kitchen smell spicy and sweet.
If you like them crispier, bake them a little longer.
Ingredients for Spicy Ginger Crinkle Cookies:
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup packed pure cane brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup fancy molasses
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice or cloves
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup pure cane granulated sugar
Instructions for Spicy Ginger Crinkle Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl; beat shortening with brown sugar until fluffy. Then, beat in egg, molasses, and vanilla until smooth. In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and salt; stir into molasses mixture a little at a time.
Roll dough into balls (about a tablespoon per ball). Roll in granulated sugar to coat and place about 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined or greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 9-11 minutes or until tops are crackled on top. Then, cool on a cooling rack. Enjoy!
This recipe makes about 46 delicious, spicy ginger cookies.
Do you have a ginger cookie fan in your family? Does your family like them chewy? Or crunchy?
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- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed pure cane brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup fancy molasses
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice or cloves
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup pure cane granulated sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl; beat shortening with brown sugar until fluffy. Then, beat in egg, molasses, and vanilla until smooth. In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and salt; stir into molasses mixture a little at a time.
- Roll dough into balls (about a tablespoon per ball). Roll in granulated sugar to coat and place about 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined or greased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 9-11 minutes or until tops are crackled on top. Then, cool on a cooling rack. Enjoy!
- This recipe makes about 46 delicious, spicy ginger cookies.
- If you like them crispier, bake them a little longer.
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