Old fashioned Ginger Cookies, are the perfect cookies to bake to go around the neighborhood during the holiday season. The spices in the cookies fill the whole house with a wonderful aroma.
The second recipe I chose to redo before the holiday season is one of our favorite Cookies - Old fashioned Ginger Cookies. This is a cookie recipe that I bake every year without fail and in fact, my little one looks forward to the holidays, especially to eating these cookies.
The recipe turns out perfect each and every time and the crinkles on the Old fashioned Ginger Cookies are enough to make you bake them over and over again.
Let us have a sweet ending to the year with these sweet and aromatic cookies. As these spicy cookies bake, the kitchen will be filled with a wonderful tempting aroma.
Children and adults like these old-fashioned ginger cookies equally and will end up fighting for the last cookie left (as happened at my house). Make sure you bake enough of these to go around the neighborhood and spread the warmth of the holidays.
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I was very skeptical about making a spice-loaded cookie as I was not sure how my boys would like it. Turns out that this ginger cookie is one of the favorites in houses not only during the holidays but any time of the year.
As soon as I begin making plans for holiday baking, the first request that I get from boys is for these ginger cookies.
The best part about this cookie is that there is no shaping involved. Also, the recipe yields a large number of cookies and it is perfect to pass around the neighborhood.
Preparation time – 15 mins
Cooking time – about 12 mins for each batch
Difficulty level – medium
Ingredients to make Old fashioned Ginger Cookies – Makes around 60 cookies
- All-purpose flour – 2 ½ cups
- Baking soda – 1 tsp
- Ginger (ground) – 1 ½ tsp
- Cinnamon (ground) – ¼ tsp
- Cloves (ground) – ¼ tsp
- Butter – ½ cup (room temperature, diced)
- Caster (superfine) sugar – 1 ¾ cup
- Egg – 1
- Molasses – 4 tbsp
- Fresh lemon juice – 1 tsp
Procedure to make Old fashioned Ginger Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 325 F and grease 3 baking sheets.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, and spices into a small bowl and set aside.
- Place the butter and two-thirds of the sugar in the bowl of the mixer and cream together until light and fluffy. Lightly beat in the egg and stir it in.
- Stir in the treacle and the lemon juice. Now add the flour mixture and mix in thoroughly to make a soft dough.
- Shape the dough into 2 cm balls. Roll these balls in the remaining sugar to coat and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spaced around 2 inches apart to allow the dough to spread.
- Bake for about 12 minutes, or until the cookies are just firm to the touch. With a spatula transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cool them completely.
Notes and observations
- Always use fresh spices when making any cookies. Spices left in the spice rack for over a period of time lose their flavor and aroma.
- These cookies need to be baked in batches. It is best not to put more than 2 trays in the oven at a time.
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Recipe
Old fashioned Ginger Cookies
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
Ingredients
- 21/2 cups All purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 11/2 teaspoon Ginger ground
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon ground
- ¼ teaspoon Cloves ground
- ½ cup Butter room temperature, diced
- 13/4 cup Caster super fine sugar super fine sugar
- 1 Egg
- 4 tablespoon Molasses
- 1 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 F and grease 3 baking sheets.
- Sift the flour, baking soda and spices into a small bowl and set aside.
- Place the butter and two-thirds of the sugar in the bowl of the mixer and cream together until light and fluffy. Lightly beat in the egg and stir it in.
- Stir in the treacle and the lemon juice. Now add the flour mixture and mix in thoroughly to make soft dough.
- Shape the dough into 2 cm balls. Roll these balls in the remaining sugar to coat and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spaced around 2 inches apart to allow the dough to spread.
- Bake for about 12 minutes, or until the cookies are just firm to touch. With a spatula transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.
Lena says
First time making ginger cookies. They were amazing, crunchy on outside and moist on the inside. A keeper.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thank you so much Lena. This is one of our favorite cookies to bake for holidays. Glad you liked them.
Siobahn Chidley says
Really lovely recipe and crispy biscuits which taste really authentic
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thank you! Glad you liked them.
Amy Liu Dong says
You can never go wrong making ginger cookies, it is so easy to make and definitely delicious. It is also perfect for gifting!
Jamie says
Wow! This cookie looks so delicious, and natural, and has such a minimalist look making it very enticing and tempting! Kids will definitely love this as well as kids at heart! Loved it!
Ronel Bierman says
Loved the recipe, and the result.
Easy to follow, and ginger biscuits are delicious. First time I baked these. Thank you!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thanks a lot for trying the recipe and so glad that you liked it.
Jada says
Lovedddd these cookies
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thanks a lot! So happy that you liked them. This is my little ones favorite cookie as well.
Usha Goyal says
Any replacement for egg ?
Janice says
Flax egg
1T flax meal mixed with 3T water
Karin says
I love a good ginger cookie! Didn’t realize how easy these were. Definitely trying this recipe!
Usha Goyal says
Any substitute for egg ? Thanku 😊
Swathi says
Old fashioned ginger cookies sounds delicious, it is really hard to think about holidays without ginger cookies.
Natalie says
Ginger cookies are one of my favorite Holiday season cookies. I love how yours turned out. They look so delicious. I wish I have one or two right now with my tea.
Catherine says
I absolutely love ginger cookies and these look fabulous! I wish I could reach in and grab one!
Catalina says
The Christms season is on! Ginger cookies are so perfect for this season and I love how the house smells of ginger cookies!
Marisa Franca says
The cookies look and sound delicious!! What a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season with yummy spicy ginger cookies. Your recipe is a little different than mine. I'm going to try yours instead of mine this year.
Veena Azmanov says
I love ginger cookies and these are always the perfect way to set the Christmas mood. Love ginger cookies with warm spices in winter and these look perfect.
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness says
These cookies look like everything I want in a fall cookie! I am drooling here.
Noel Lizotte says
Yummy! there's a reason these cookies have been favorites for years ... it's because the classic flavor is so perfectly balanced between sweet / spicy, chewy / crunchy.
Cheese Curd In Paradise says
Ginger cookies are so yummy! I love that you got the crackling and the coating of sugar just perfect on your batch- yum!
April says
You know that it is winter when there are more and more ginger recipes around. This is also the time when I hunt for good ginger recipes. Super excited about your old fashioned ginger cookies!
Gloria says
I think everyone has a ginger cookie in their collection. I know I sure do. In fact, I still make my mom's recipe (from her handwritten notes) during the holidays. These look so delicious.
Dan Zehr says
These just scream holidays to me, too! I love the glittery sugar coating on the outside. Now I want some!
Claudia Lamascolo says
I am so amazed on how perfectly round they all are and uniform I never get my cookies to look this great!
Tracy says
I love these recipes - the ones that are made every year and family looks forward to them! So special. Your little one will have such wonderful memories from these cookies - they look delicious!!
Karyl Henry says
I used to think that ginger cookies would be overpowering, but you're right, they are absolutely not! I haven't had them in ages, and your recipe is inspiring me to make some again
Chef Mireille says
with all the spices, these are the perfect cookies for the holiday season
code2cook says
cookies looking great. I love when cookies spread themselves while baking. Have not yet made any so far with this quality. absolutely delightful cookies must say.
Gayathri Kumar says
These are flavourful cookies and the crinkle look on them makes them so beautiful. No wonder kids look forward to holidays.
Venicia says
Is there any substitute for molases?
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
You can use dark corn syrup or jaggery syrup.
Suma Gandlur says
They are apt for the holiday season. The cookies look perfect.
Priya Suresh says
None like ginger cookies here, but am the one who would love to munch some. Wish i get a box of this flavourful cookies from you. Prefect holiday season cookies.
Pavani says
Those ginger cookies look delicious - spicy and flavorful. They look perfect to make during the holiday season.
Sushma Pinjala says
The cookies looks soo delicious. Will make them for Christmas. Thanks for the recipe.
Sharmila says
Those Cookies are just adorable. Having Spiced Cookies are always a go for me.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says
Totally love the crackly look of these cookies! Nice, spiced and sugary...
harini says
They look fantastic, Sandhya. My kids loved them a couple of seasons ago when I baked similar ginger flavored cookies.
Srivalli says
The cookies look fantastic Snadhya, very nicely done. Somehow the ginger cookies always got missed by me..
shashi at runninsrilankan says
These would very easily be one of my favorite cookies too! I can imagine that wonderful tempting aroma - would make me wanna devour these as soon as they emerged from the oven!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thanks Shashi! Love holidays for bakes like these 🙂
Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
These look like the perfect cookie to leave out for Santa (if I don't eat them all first!!). Beautiful!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thanks Jessy! That is exactly the reason I make my favorite cookies for Santa 🙂
Jolina says
You know it's Christmas when all these wonderful cookies show up! I love ginger cookies, I think I like them even more than chocolate chip (yikes!). These look great.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Jolina, you spoke my words! I love ginger cookies more than chocolate chip cookies 🙂
Corina says
These look lovely and would be great for Christmas. I also think they'd be the kind of cookie my children would enjoy making with me.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thanks Corina! My kids love rolling the cookies with me and it is a great way to involve them in the holiday baking.
Kim @ Three Olives Branch says
Love ginger cookies, these look great!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Thanks Kim!