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Grandma Geri’s Molasses Gingersnaps

December 8, 2016 by Modern Honey 13 Comments

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The best soft molasses ginger cookies. How to make these famous chewy gingersnap cookies that everyone loves! 

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Soft Molasses Cookies

These ginger molasses cookies are the perfect holiday cookie with a variety of fragrant spices with a chewy center and crispy edges. I count down the days until the holidays so I can make these non-stop. These are such a popular molasses cookie recipe!

Grandma Geri's Gingersnaps. Soft gingersnaps filled with spices and a secret ingredient. These cookies are so popular for a reason!

The Best Gingersnaps Cookies are soft chewy with a touch of spice. 

Grandma Geri’s Gingersnaps have quite the following and for good reason. My dear friend, Lisa, is famous for her gingersnaps and I was lucky enough to score the recipe for these coveted cookies.

These ginger molasses cookies made with butter are soft in the center and slightly crispy on the edges. They are full of spices and are far from being “one note” gingersnaps.  The cinnamon, ginger, and cloves bring warmth to the cookie and there is even a secret ingredient….cayenne pepper! Trust me…it’s a game changer.

Grandma Geri's Gingersnaps. Soft gingersnaps filled with spices and a secret ingredient. These cookies are so popular for a reason!

I am not a picky eater. However, when I was a kid, I didn’t understand why anyone in the world liked gingersnaps. The only ones I knew were the hard ones straight from a package that I would find in Grandma’s cabinet. It wasn’t until I ate homemade ones that I became hooked! I realized that gingersnaps don’t have to be hard and crunchy, where you literally fear that you may break a tooth biting into one.

Geri’s Gingersnap Cookies are the perfect balance of soft in the middle and crispy on the edges. I have made a lot of ginger cookie recipes in my days and this recipe is hands down the very best! These are the best soft molasses cookies!

If you love Christmas cookies, check out these other popular Christmas cookie recipes:

  • Cinnamon Sugar Snickerdoodles Recipe
  • Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies 
  • Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies

Grandma Geri's Gingersnaps. Soft gingersnaps filled with spices and a secret ingredient. These cookies are so popular for a reason!

How to make the BEST Soft Molasses Ginger Cookies:

  1.  Cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes, until light and fluffy.  This helps to create air into the cookie dough while creating a smooth and creamy texture.
  2. Stir in dry ingredients, just until combined. Don’t overbeat as this produces a tough cookie. Add warm spices such as cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and the secret ingredient — cayenne pepper to give it a slight kick. The spices add warmth to this molasses cookie recipe.
  3. Roll into balls and then roll into sugar. Double coat the ginger molasses cookie dough to ensure the sugar sticks to the dough.
  4. Bake just until edges begins to get slightly crispy, while the centers are still chewy. This is a soft molasses cookie so we don’t want to overbake it.

 

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So grab a big cold glass of milk, a cozy blanket, and eat a big plate of these old-fashioned chewy molasses cookies while watching a Hallmark Christmas movie. Share the LOVE with your friends by pinning the image below. xo

Christmas Cookie Box. Soft molasses cookies, snickerdoodles, and chocolate peppermint cookies. www.modernhoney.com #cookies #christmascookies #cookiebox #christmascookie

One of my favorite things to give to neighbors and friends is a Christmas cookie box filled with my favorite Christmas cookies — molasses cookies, chocolate peppermint cookies, and snickerdoodle cookies. 

Grandma Geri's Gingersnaps. Soft gingersnaps filled with spices and a secret ingredient. These cookies are so popular for a reason!

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Grandma Geri's Gingersnaps
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
14 mins
Total Time
24 mins
 
Grandma Geri's Famous Soft Molasses Cookies Gingersnaps have a secret ingredient that makes them extra special!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: molasses cookies
Servings: 24
Author: Melissa Stadler, Modern Honey
Ingredients
FULL RECIPE:
  • 1 1/2 cups 3 sticks Cold Butter, cut into cubes
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Molasses
  • 4 cups Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons Ginger
  • 2 teaspoons Cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
  • Sugar

HALF-RECIPE:
  • 12 Tablespoons Butter 3/4 cup or 1 1/2 sticks of Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 cup Molasses
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes until light and fluffy and pale in color.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add molasses and mix well.
  4. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cayenne pepper. Mix just until combined to avoid over-mixing the dough.
  5. Place sugar into small bowl. Roll dough into small balls and roll into sugar, coating well.
  6. Place on lined baking pan and bake for 12-15 minutes.

Happy Baking, my friends! xo

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Comments

  1. Veeron Finston says

    December 8, 2016 at 12:59 PM

    These look amazing!! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Modern Honey says

    December 9, 2016 at 8:58 AM

    5 stars
    Hello there Veeron! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I hope you love them as much our family does! They are good stuff. 🙂 – Melissa

    Reply
  3. Farah says

    August 25, 2018 at 9:17 PM

    5 stars
    Hey…you continue to inspire me. Love all your ideas…and the photos are always fabulous.

    Thank you…

    Reply
  4. AnnaMae says

    August 28, 2018 at 10:00 AM

    Do these cookies freeze well?

    Reply
    • Modern Honey says

      August 29, 2018 at 9:11 AM

      Absolutely! We keep them in the freezer during the holidays so we can grab one whenever we get a craving. We keep our cookies in a freezer-safe Ziploc bag and they stay for at least one month. Hope that helps!

      Reply
      • Sara says

        December 17, 2019 at 11:21 AM

        Have you experimented at all with freezing the dough after rolling the balls? I was thinking about making dough ahead then baking so I can get ahead of holiday baking 🙂

        Reply
  5. Naama says

    November 1, 2018 at 12:28 AM

    5 stars
    Hi!

    I made these the other day and they were unreal.

    Could I make them with brown butter and/or brown sugar?

    Or would the melted butter mess with the texture?

    Reply
    • Modern Honey says

      November 2, 2018 at 8:57 AM

      Absolutely! I love brown sugar as it adds a chewy texture. If you want to try half sugar, half brown sugar, that would be amazing or you can do all brown sugar. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Debra Hardiman says

    December 3, 2020 at 10:46 AM

    Ok, Melissa, here’s a question for you- which type of molasses do you use?
    My store carries full flavor, mild flavor and unsulphured molasses.
    What I know about molasses you could fit in a thimble! Thanks for your help.

    Reply
  7. Amy Day says

    December 9, 2020 at 9:24 AM

    5 stars
    Phenomenal cookie recipe! it is now my family’s favorite!!

    Reply
  8. Sarah Hillenburg says

    December 22, 2020 at 7:47 AM

    I made these last Christmas. I loved them. I love the heat in them. My grandma also had a molasses cookie recipe. but mmm this one is special.

    Reply
  9. Cathy says

    December 30, 2020 at 5:16 PM

    5 stars
    I made these twice, everyone loved them. These are the best ginger snaps I’ve ever had. Thank you so much for the recipe

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