

Baking soda: Is an acidic leavening agent.Salt: Balances out the sweetness of the dough and enhances the spiced flavor.All-purpose flour: I’ve never tried this recipe with gluten-free flour, so I can’t say whether that’d work or not.These soft and chewy gingersnap cookies come together with mainly ingredients you have in your pantry: Soft and chewy Gingersnap Cookies with Eggnog Frosting - making your Christmas more merry and bright! You can devour the cookies just like that - and they will make you smile! - or you can proceed to smother them with luscious, creamy and smooth eggnog infused frosting - and they will make you giddy! The deeply rich molasses, ginger, cinnamon and cloves-packed dough gets rolled in cinnamon and sugar that crystallizes as the cookies bake so every bite is soft and chewy inside, cinnamon and sugar snickerdoodle outside. While the cookie dough itself is almost 100% original recipe, I just couldn’t resist adding a few festive touches that make these cookies (and you!) all the merrier. It has made generations of family, friends and neighbors smile with cookie cheer then begged for the recipe. This family favorite Gingersnap Cookie recipes comes from my mother-in-law, who got it out of a newspaper in 1979.

I brought a stack of cookies to my dad and he couldn’t stop eating them as he admitted, “and I don’t even like gingersnap cookies!” If you aren’t sure you like gingersnap cookies, I am pretty convinced these will make a lover out of you.
