Festive Gingersnaps

Thu, 18 December 2025

170 g. butter

200 g. sugar

170 g. molasses

1 egg

10 g. baking soda

300 g. self-raising flour

1 g. ground cloves

1 g. ground ginger

3 g. ground cinnamon

3 g. salt

 

In a medium-sized bowl, melt butter & cool. Add sugar, molasses & egg. Beat with electric hand mixer.

In a small bowl, mix dry ingredients together & add to wet ingredients. Chill for an hour or more.

Using a teaspoon, roll pieces of dough into balls & then roll the balls in sugar. Be sure they are all the same size so they bake evenly.

Place dough balls onto ungreased baking sheets without flattening them.

Bake on dry sheets at 170 degrees Celsius for 7-10 minutes.

If you like chewy cookies, remove them from oven after 7-8 minutes. If you prefer your Gingersnaps to ‘snap’, then bake them longer so they get crispy. If you chose to make larger cookies, also go with a slightly longer baking time.

Let cool on tray for a minute before removing.