Ginger Crisps Recipes

REGENCY GINGER CRISPS

Steps:

• Do not preheat oven yet, dough must chill before baking.
• Melt butter and mix in sugar.
• Let mixture cool.
• Add egg (s).
• Add soda, molasses, salt and ginger.
• Stir thoroughly.
• Add flour and mix inches.
• Chill the dough for at least 1 hour (overnight is even better).
• Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 375 degrees, rack in middle position.
• Roll dough into walnut-sized balls,.
• Roll dough in white sugar (just dump them in the bowl with the sugar and shake the bowl to gently coat them.).
• Place cookie balls on greased cookie sheets, 12 to a standard sheet.
• Flatten them with a spatula.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until nicely browned.
• Cool on cookie sheets for no more than 1 minute.
• Remove to wire rack to finish cooling. (If you leave these on the cookie sheets for too long, they will stick.

INCREDIBLY CRISP GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl; stir well to mix. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together on medium speed the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes until very light, fluffy and whitened. Add the egg and continue beating until smooth. Lower speed and beat in half the dry ingredients, then the molasses. Stop the mixer and scrape down bowl and beater. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients. Remove bowl from mixer and use a large rubber spatula to finish mixing the dough. Use a small ice cream scoop to scoop out 1-inch diameter pieces of dough. Roll into balls between the palms of your the hands, then roll in the sugar. Place the balls of dough on the prepared pans leaving about 3 inches all around each, to allow for spreading. Bake the cookies for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until they have spread, the surface has crackled, and they are firm to the touch. Slide the papers from the pans to racks. Store the cooled cookies between sheets of parchment or waxed paper in a tin or platic container witha tight-fitting cover.

MOLASSES-GINGER CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ground ginger, baking soda, and salt.
• In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and egg yolk, crystallized ginger, and grated ginger. Reduce speed to low. Beat in flour mixture in three additions, alternating with molasses, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating until combined after each addition. Cover; refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Using a 1-teaspoon ice cream scoop, scoop dough into rounded teaspoons onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Roll dough into balls; coat with sanding sugar. Place 12 balls onto each parchment-lined sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies are flat and edges are dark golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on sheets, then transfer to wire racks and let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature up to 2 days or frozen up to 1 month.

MOLASSES - GINGER CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Sift together flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Beat butter and sugar toether with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and egg yolk, then the grated ginger and crystallized ginger. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with molasses. beat until well-done. Shape teaspoons of dough into balls, and roll in sanding sugar. Space 2-inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.
• Bake until cookies are flattened and edges are dark golden brown 12-14 minutes. Let cool on sheets 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 1 month.

GINGER CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 160C (180C fan forced) and line a baking tray with paper.
• Melt butter and golden syrup in a large saucepan, remove from heat, stir in sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, ginger and spice into saucepan until well combined.
• Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls then roll in sugar.
• Place on the tray and flatten gently with a fork.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until golden.

BROWN SUGAR GINGER CRISPS

Steps:

• In bowl cream together the butter and the brown sugar and beat in the egg yolk, the vanilla, the crystallized ginger, and the ground ginger. Into the bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, and the salt and combine the batter well. Drop teaspoons of the batter about 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets and bake the cookies in batches in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are just golden. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 5 minutes, transfer them carefully with a metal spatula to racks, and let them cool completely.

BROWN SUGAR GINGER CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at moderate speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in yolk, vanilla, and gingers. Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just combined.
• Drop heaping teaspoons of dough about 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets and bake in batches in middle of oven until golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets on racks 5 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely.