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Chewy No Molasses Gingersnaps
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Noelle Pollock
"These cookies are delicious. I made these for Christmas and a bake sale and they were sold out by the end! So thin and chewy! They're a MUST HAVE!"
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Ingredients
28 m servings 61Original recipe yields 30 servings (0 dozen cookies)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Beat butter and 1/2 cup white sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; beat in applesauce, brown sugar, and egg until smooth.
- Mix flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into butter mixture until dough is sandy but shapeable. Roll dough into balls. Pour 3 tablespoons white sugar into a bowl and roll dough balls in the sugar until coated. Flatten dough balls onto a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are crisp and lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer cookies immediately to a cooling rack and cool for 3 minutes.
Footnotes
- Cook's Note:
- To make butter soft, put sticks in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for 10 minutes.
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12/3/2013
Followed the directions exactly, the "dough" turned out more like batter, runny and sticky and in no way possible to roll into balls... I ended up adding more flour and dropping by spoonful onto...
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12/3/2013
Followed the directions exactly, the "dough" turned out more like batter, runny and sticky and in no way possible to roll into balls... I ended up adding more flour and dropping by spoonful onto...
12/21/2014
These cookies are delicious, but the batter is too runny to roll into balls. I just dropped by the spoonful onto the cookie sheet and didn't put sugar. I made a glaze of powdered sugar, water,...
4/7/2018
Not good. I made the batter according to the recipe and it was a sticky mess. Not able to shape at all. Looked like muffin or cake mix. I added another cup of flour and it still wasn't able to ...
3/11/2016
I read some reviews saying that the recipe was too runny, so I left out the applesauce. Other then that, I followed the recipe as directed (although I think I baked them for a few minutes longer...
3/22/2015
way too runny. added some more flour, but got nervous. ended up like muffin tops but couldn't taste the ginger. Instead, served like muffins/cakes with applesauce - but not a gingersnap. Thin...
10/4/2014
My daughter loved making these. But instead of flattening them like it said, she left them like balls. They still turned out fine and delicious! :)
8/29/2014
To salvage the recipe I had to add 1 cup of flour, 1/3 cup of sugar, and a dash more cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to ensure the flavor still came out right. The dough was still too soft and stic...