Swedish Gingersnaps

Submitted by Charmie777

"I've been making these for 30 years! (Yipes!) They are a nice soft cookie. I love them with milk or coffee."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 50 cookies

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons molasses
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 dash salt
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 cups flour
• additional sugar

directions

1. Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and molasses.
2. Stir in spices and soda.
3. Mix in flour.
4. Roll into balls the size of walnuts and then in sugar.
5. Place 2-inches apart on cookie sheets.
6. Bake in 350° oven for 10-11 minutes until golden brown.

Reviews

[Jo_C.]

I made these as described but only used 1/2 tsp of ground cloves (that was all I had left) and I used treacle instead of molasses, as I believe that is the usual conversion for non-Americans. The only molasses we get here is blackstrap molasses and I think that would be a bit strong. These are great if you like chewy cookies (and I hope they will stay that way when they've cooled some more!) The smell of them baking reminds me of an Indian grocery, which is a good thing. The only change I might make in future is to increase the amount of ginger (double?) as it's overpowered by the allspice. Update: These do retain good chewy texture for at least 3 days and they freeze well.

 

[Nova Scotia Cook]

What an absolutely delightful cookie recipe! I too only used 1/2 tsp of cloves and allspice and it didn't affect the taste of the cookie one bit. They turned out perfect and I got over 5 dozen. There is just one thing I have a problem with.....you try one and you can't stop there, so you eat another. A very good cookie in deed. I will certainly be making them again. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

 

[-Sylvie-]

Thanks for posting this easy to make recipe. The cookies are nice and soft as stated. I'll probably reduce the cloves and all spice to 3/4 or 1/2 tsp each next time, because I found them a little too spicey. Apart from that they are really nice cookies though.

 

[ChrisF]

I really liked this cookie! Easy to make, tastes good and is soft as promiced in the write-up. The family and co-workers all enjoyed them. I will make again! Thanks