How To Make Soft and Chewy Ginger Snap Cookies

These are my Grandmother’s favorite Ginger Snap cookie of all time. They are soft, chewy and super easy to make! I started bringing these for Christmas a few years ago and my Grandmother raved about them. They were so nostalgic to the cookies she ate as a child.

These cookies pair great with our 4 Ingredient Hot Chocolate Mix recipe!

These ginger snap cookies are our families good to sweet treat, especially on the go. As much as we love them for Christmas, we enjoy them all year round. They are particularly delicious for S’mores when we are camping.

Can you freeze Ginger Snap Cookies?

This particular ginger snap cookie recipe works really well to freeze for later on. You don’t lose any of a the softness or chewiness once they are thawed again. I like to freeze these cookies flat on cookie sheets and then transfer them into Ziploc freezer bags.

I have left these cookies for up to six months in the freezer and they always thaw beautifully.

Baking With Your Children

With how simple this recipe is, it is great on for making with children. My kids love to make the dough balls and roll the balls in the sugar. I usually make the majority of the balls for the kids. But I leave all the balls for the kids to roll in the sugar. I give each of the kids a small bowl with approximately 1/4c of white sugar. That is usually enough sugar for a double batch.

How do you know if your Ginger Snap Cookies are baked perfectly?

The recipe is very forgiving, the only thing to watch for is the bake time in your oven. 10 minutes works well for my oven, but you may need to adjust the time for your oven plus or minus a minute or two.

When you pull these cookies out of the oven they will look puffy and inflated. Don’t be alarmed. Once you allow them to cool on the cookie sheet, they will deflate. The deflation will leave you with the unique crinkled look.

Soft and Chewy Ginger Snap Cookies

Grandma's favorite soft and chewy ginger snap cookie recipe.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24 cookies

Equipment

• 1 Medium Bowl
• 1 Mixer Stand mixer, hand mixer, or a wooden spoon and old fashioned elbow grease.
• 1 Parchment Paper For cookie sheet while baking
• 1 Cookie Sheet

Ingredients

  

• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350℉
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl
• Mix until completely incorporated
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls
• Roll dough balls into sugar until fully covered
• Place on cookie sheet. Evenly spaced with approximately 2 inches between each ball.
• Bake cookies for 10 minutes until the bottom of the cookies have browned.
• Let cookies cool on cookie sheet before moving to a cooling rack.

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