Snappy Gingers

Name: Snappy Gingers
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons allspice; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 egg yolk; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 Tbsps blackstrap molasses; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar, plus sugar for dusting the cookies; 158 milliliters unsalted butter, softened; 1 Tbsp ground espresso

Need a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre? Snappy Gingers could be an amazing recipe to try. One serving contains 49 calories, 0g of protein, and 3g of fat. This recipe serves 48. Head to the store and pick up sugar, ground ginger, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: an electric mixer with paddle attachment

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Hand Mixer

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Use an electric mixer to cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add the egg yolk and molasses and mix well.

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Egg Yolk

Molasses

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, espresso, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, baking soda, and salt.

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Baking Soda

Allspice

Cinnamon

Espresso

Clove

Ginger

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture. (The dough will be quite soft.)

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Butter

Dough

Roll the dough into tight 1-inch round logs, wrap snugly in parchment paper or plastic wrap, and chill until firm (see Cook's Note*).

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Dough

Roll

Wrap

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Baking Paper

Plastic Wrap

Unwrap the dough and slice into 1/4-inch rounds.

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Dough

Pour some sugar into a shallow dish. Press the top of each cookie into the sugar and then place cookies sugar side up on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan about 2 inches apart.

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