{"id":4729,"date":"2011-12-21T08:06:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2011-12-21T08:06:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T14:06:36","slug":"holiday-baking-chewy-ginger-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/holiday-baking-chewy-ginger-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Baking: Chewy Ginger Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always called these gingersnaps, but they cannot accurately have that name since there is very little &#8220;snap&#8221; to them in texture. \u00a0If you&#8217;re looking for a crispy gingersnap, this is not the cookie for you. \u00a0These cookies are incredibly delicious and something that always makes me think of this time of year. \u00a0After I got them in the oven my house finally smelled like it should a week before Christmas. I can&#8217;t really say anything else about them. \u00a0They are just so very good.<\/p>\n<p>Since this makes a lot of sturdy dough, make sure to use a stand mixer. \u00a0Or make half the recipe so that a hand mixer won&#8217;t give up on you. \u00a0Or, if you&#8217;re looking for an arm workout, mix them up with a big wooden spoon. \u00a0Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gingercookies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4730\" title=\"gingercookies\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gingercookies.jpg?resize=577%2C382\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gingercookies.jpg?w=577 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gingercookies.jpg?resize=300%2C198 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gingercookies.jpg?resize=150%2C99 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gingercookies.jpg?resize=400%2C264 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Chewy Ginger Cookies<\/h3>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups shortening<\/li>\n<li>2 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup molasses<\/li>\n<li>4 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>4 teaspoons baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cloves<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon ginger<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Directions<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in molasses, and then eggs. Mix until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk together flour, soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Add flour mixture to wet ingredients in 2-3 additions, beat until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Roll into golf ball sized balls, roll in sugar, and place on a baking sheet with about 2 inches in between.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350\u00b0F for 10-12 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>I made these cookies for a cookie exchange I hosted a couple years ago and just realized that I&#8217;ve already posted this recipe, so I&#8217;ve officially re-blogged on my own blog. \u00a0Oh, well. \u00a0I think these are worthy of that honor\/mistake.<\/div>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:70px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/holiday-baking-chewy-ginger-cookies\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"400\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always called these gingersnaps, but they cannot accurately have that name since there is very little &#8220;snap&#8221; to them in texture. \u00a0If you&#8217;re looking for a crispy gingersnap, this is not the cookie for you. \u00a0These cookies are incredibly delicious and something that always makes me think of this time of year. \u00a0After I [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[507,902,209,341],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p51jE-1eh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}