Ginger cookies, known for their warm and spicy flavor, are a classic treat that can be enjoyed year-round. With countless variations on the traditional recipe, finding the perfect ginger cookie can be a daunting task. In this comprehensive guide, we will take you on a culinary journey to discover the best ginger cookie recipes, exploring different flavor profiles, textures, and baking techniques. Whether you prefer soft and chewy cookies, crispy and crunchy ones, or even gluten-free or vegan options, we have something for everyone. Get ready to indulge in the delightful aroma of ginger and spices as we uncover the secrets to creating the most irresistible ginger cookies that will delight your taste buds and leave you craving more.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
CHEWY GINGER COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Sift the flour, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and allspice together into a mixing bowl; stir.
- Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat egg and molasses into creamed butter mixture. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just coming together into a batter. Gently fold crystallized ginger through the batter.
- Roll rounded teaspoon-sized amounts of dough into small balls between your hands and place onto ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
- Bake in preheated oven until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 167.9 calories, Carbohydrate 24.4 g, Cholesterol 27.6 mg, Fat 7.3 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 4.5 g, Sodium 239.4 mg, Sugar 12.9 g
BIG SOFT GINGER COOKIES
These nicely spiced, big soft ginger cookies are perfect for folks who like the flavor of ginger but don't care for crunchy gingersnaps. -Barbara Gray, Boise, Idaho
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 2-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until puffy and lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 111 calories, Fat 5g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 19mg cholesterol, Sodium 98mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
BIG SOFT GINGER COOKIES
These are just what they say: big, soft, gingerbread cookies. They stay soft, too. My oldest son's favorite.
Provided by AMY1028
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 142.8 calories, Carbohydrate 21.1 g, Cholesterol 7.8 mg, Fat 6 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 147 mg, Sugar 11.4 g
WORLDS BEST GINGER COOKIES
Categories Cookies Ginger Dessert Bake Vegetarian Kid-Friendly
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 325oF. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper 2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, baking soda, and salt, and set the bowl aside. 3. Using a mixer, cream the brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat until blended. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the molasses. With the mixes on low, add the dry ingredients and mix until just blended. 4. Put 1/2 cup of granulated sugar on a small plate. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls, and coat them with sugar. Place the cookie dough 2 inches apart on sheet pans, and flatten them slightly with the palm of your hand. 5. Bake the cookies 12 to 14 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
CHEWY GINGER MOLASSES COOKIES
Molasses adds sweetness to these cookies and gives chewiness to every bite. Eat at least one warm right off the cooling rack with a tumbler of cold milk.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 15m
Yield Makes: about 2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until well combined, about 3 minutes. Add the molasses and egg and beat until lighter in color, about 3 minutes. Add the flour mixture and mix on low until well blended.
- Using a tablespoon, form the dough into 1-inch balls and roll in sugar. Place each ball 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden and crackled, 12 to 15 minutes; the cookies will still be a little soft. Baking these in 3 batches one sheet at a time gets you the nice, crackly top. The second sheet of cookies can stay on the counter until ready to bake. Form the remaining dough, roll the balls in sugar and place on the now cooled first baking sheet. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, and then remove to a rack to cool completely.
THE BEST GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Here's the perfect holiday cookie recipe for cut-outs and decorating. The balanced blend of warm spices and molasses adds just the right amount of seasonal flavor. A combination of butter and shortening creates a dough that rolls out easily and holds it shape during baking.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 3h
Yield 2 to 3 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For the cookies: Whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice and cloves in a large bowl.
- Mix the butter, shortening, brown sugar and molasses in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat in the egg. Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in two additions. Divide the dough in half, wrap in plastic and pat to 1/2-inch thick. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out one piece of dough to 1/4-inch thick, dusting with flour if needed. Cut into 3- to 5-inch cookies with a gingerbread man cutter or desired shape. Brush off the excess flour and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Repeat with the second piece of dough.
- Bake the cookies in batches until they are golden around the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
- For the royal icing: Whisk the confectioners' sugar with the meringue powder in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat in 6 tablespoons of water until well combined and you have stiff glossy peaks, adding 1 tablespoon more water at a time to reach a smooth pipeable consistency. Mix in food coloring as desired. Fill pastry bags fitted with tips. Decorate the gingerbread cookies with the icing.
SOFT GINGER COOKIES
Make and share this Soft Ginger Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by hkgriffith
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 25m
Yield 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
- Set aside.
- In large miximg bowl with an electric mixer beat butter for 30 seconds.
- Add 1 cup sugar.
- Beat until fluffy.
- Add egg and molasses; beat well.
- Add half the flour mixture; beat until combined.
- Stir in remaining flour with a wooden spoon.
- Shape into 1-inch balls.
- Roll in 2 tablespoons sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheets 2 inches apart.
- Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes or until light brown and puffed.
- Let cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes.
- Transfer to wire racks to cool.
CHEWY GINGER COOKIES
These moist, delicious ginger cookies have an old-fashioned appeal that'll take you back to Grandma's kitchen. I'm never surprised when these treats quickly disappear from my cookie jar.-Bernice Smith, Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield about 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, molasses and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Roll into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 1-1/2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 73 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 4mg cholesterol, Sodium 53mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
TRIPLE THE GINGER COOKIES
These are a real pain in the butt to make, but they are worth it. The best ginger cookies I have ever eaten.
Provided by Laria Tabul
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 2h30m
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ground ginger, baking soda, and salt; stir into the molasses mixture using a wooden spoon. Mix in the fresh and crystallized gingers. Cover, and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Shape dough into 1 inch balls, and place about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 197.8 calories, Carbohydrate 29.7 g, Cholesterol 30.7 mg, Fat 8.1 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 269.8 mg, Sugar 15.4 g
THE MOST WONDERFUL GINGERBREAD COOKIES
This is my very favorite gingerbread cookie recipe. The dough is so firm and nice to work with and is so wonderful smelling that it is almost like a stress reliever. These disappear in lightning speed in my house! This recipe is adapted from a recipe in the Joy of Cooking and according to the entry they only have 3 grams of fat per cookie! If you want crisp cookies roll out very thin. Thicker cookies = softer cookies, thinner cookies= crisper cookies. If the dough is too sticky, chilling should help. **I noticed a lot of people have been having some sticky dough issues. You need to make sure you let the dough rest at LEAST two hours. For some reason this helps make the dough more workable. I live in FL and we have terrible humidity, but I have never had a problem with sticky dough in this recipe.
Provided by gingerkitten D
Categories Dessert
Time 2h23m
Yield 24 5inch tall cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves until well blended.
- In a large bowl (KitchenAid's great for this) beat butter, brown sugar, and egg on medium speed until well blended.
- Add molasses, vanilla, and lemon zest and continue to mix until well blended.
- Gradually stir in dry ingredients until blended and smooth.
- Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic and let stand at room temperature for at least 2 hours or up to 8 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 deg. Prepare baking sheets by lining with parchment paper.
- (Dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days, but in this case it should be refrigerated. Return to room temp before using.) Preheat oven to 375°.
- Grease or line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Place 1 portion of the dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Sprinkle flour over dough and rolling pin.
- Roll dough to a scant 1/4-inch thick.
- Use additional flour to avoid sticking.
- Cut out cookies with desired cutter-- the ginger bread man is our favorite of course.
- Space cookies 1 1/2-inches apart.
- Bake 1 sheet at a time for 7-10 minutes (the lower time will give you softer cookies-- very good!).
- Remove cookie sheet from oven and allow the cookies to stand until the cookies are firm enough to move to a wire rack.
- After cookies are cool you may decorate them any way you like.
- I usually brush them with a powdered sugar glaze when I am in a hurry, but they look wonderful decorated with Royal icing.
FRESH GINGER COOKIES
Somewhere between a molasses cookie and a gingersnap, these are especially good cookies.
Provided by Noel Lenhart
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 1h45m
Yield 30
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat ginger, butter, and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. Gently fold in flour mixture until just combined. Chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and then roll them in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake until edges start to brown, about 15 minutes. Centers will be slightly soft. Let stand on cookie sheets 1 minute and remove to racks to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 137 calories, Carbohydrate 22.6 g, Cholesterol 18.4 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.2 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 117 mg, Sugar 14.9 g
BEST-EVER CHEWY GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Crisp gingerbread cookies have their place, of course, but sometimes, you want to soften them up a little bit, don't you? These tender cookies are the perfect fix for that craving, combining the classic spice flavors we all love and a chewy crumb that just about melts in your mouth. Making them from scratch allows for control in the texture, and these are calibrated to a just-right tenderness that we (and many others) find irresistible. And speaking of irresistible, we guarantee that the aroma coming from your kitchen as you bake these will make it the gathering place of the entire house. While that scent (and those flavors) are especially welcome when temperatures outside start to dip, these tender cookies are welcome at any time of year.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 3h30m
Yield 90
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in egg and molasses. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mat. In small bowl, place granulated sugar. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. On cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until set and soft in center. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Store tightly covered up to 1 week.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 50, Carbohydrate 8 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 45 mg, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 0 g
THE BEST GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Use this classic gingerbread cookie recipe to make flavorful spiced and decorated snowflake cookies, candy cane cookies, and tree cookies for Christmas.
Provided by The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Yield Makes about 4 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring molasses, brown sugar, and spices to a boil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, and remove from heat. Stir in baking soda (mixture will foam up), then stir in butter 3 pieces at a time, letting each addition melt before adding next, until all butter is melted. Add egg and stir until combined, then stir in 3¾ cups flour and salt.
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead, dusting with as much of remaining ¼ cup flour as needed to prevent sticking, until soft and easy to handle, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Divide dough in half, then wrap one half in plastic wrap and keep at room temperature.
- Roll out remaining dough into a 14-inch round (⅛ inch thick) on a lightly floured surface. Cut out as many cookies as possible with cutters and carefully transfer with offset spatula to 2 buttered large baking sheets, arranging them about 1 inch apart.
- Bake cookies in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are slightly darker, 10 to 12 minutes total (watch carefully toward end of baking; cookies can burn easily). Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Make more cookies with remaining dough and scraps (reroll once).
- Put icing in pastry bag (if using) and pipe or spread decoratively onto cookies.
- Choose the right ginger: Fresh ginger is best for a strong, flavorful cookie. Look for plump, smooth ginger with no blemishes.
- Grate the ginger finely: This will help distribute the flavor evenly throughout the cookie.
- Use a combination of spices: Ginger is the star of the show, but adding other spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves will enhance the flavor.
- Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing will make the cookies tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Chill the dough: Chilling the dough will help the flavors develop and make the cookies easier to handle.
- Bake the cookies at a moderate temperature: A moderate temperature will help the cookies bake evenly without burning.
- Let the cookies cool completely: The cookies will continue to firm up as they cool. Let them cool completely before storing or serving.
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