Gingerbread Snickerdoodles are deliciously soft and chewy brown sugar cookies flavored with ginger and cinnamon. A popular Christmas cookie.
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles, A.K.A Gingerdoodles, are a must - have on your Christmas baking list! They're always a huge hit with the family, and taste amazing, whether with a nice glass of cold milk or a cup of tea or coffee. These festive cookies are ideal for baking in batches for cookie trays, to give as gifts, or to take to friends and family over the holidays.
To make these Gingerdoodles or Gingerbread snickerdoodles, it's super easy! It's just a case of combining the ingredients, shaping the cookies, and then baking them for 8 minutes. It's such an easy recipe and the ingredients are easy to buy, likely you'll have them already in your pantry so be sure to bake a batch today!
If you'd like to make a variety of ginger flavored cookies, we've got a variety for you to try, such as our amazing Ginger snap cookies, which are crunchy, or our soft gingerbread cookies, which are really popular with the kiddies, and have a more cake like texture, and then we have a great recipe for gingerbread men or women cookies with festive icing, using cookie cutters. Be sure to check them all out!
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Prep time:
10 minutes
Bake Time:
8 minutes
Serves:
20 Cookies
Ingredients
¾ cup or 170 g unsalted butter, softened
½ cup or 100 g granulated sugar
½ cup or 100 g light brown sugar, packed
One large egg
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
¼ cup or 170 g molasses
1 Tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups or 250 g all-purpose flour
For the cinnamon sugar coating:
Granulated sugar
Ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F or 180C and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl for the coating. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl with a stand mixer, cream the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat the egg, mixing well after each addition. Then, stir in the vanilla extract and molasses.
5. In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, and baking soda.
6. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients at a low speed until combined.
7. Scoop the dough into balls and roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, coating them evenly.
8. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, leaving a couple of inches between each cookie for spreading.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are set and the centers are slightly puffed and cracked. The cookies will continue to cook as they cool on the baking sheet.
10. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles are deliciously soft and chewy brown sugar cookies flavored with ginger and cinnamon. A popular Christmas cookie.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup or 170 g unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup or 100 g granulated sugar
- ½ cup or 100 g light brown sugar, packed
- One large egg
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup or 170 g molasses
- 1 Tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups or 250 g all-purpose flour
For the cinnamon sugar coating:
- Granulated sugar
- Ground cinnamon
Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 350F or 180C and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl for the coating. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl with a stand mixer, cream the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat the egg, mixing well after each addition. Then, stir in the vanilla extract and molasses.
5. In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, and baking soda.
6. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients at a low speed until combined.
7. Scoop the dough into balls and roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, coating them evenly.
8.
Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, leaving a couple of inches between each cookie for spreading.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are set and the centers are slightly puffed and cracked. The cookies will continue to cook as they cool on the baking sheet.
10. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 177Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 135mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 16gProtein: 2g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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