Ok, I’m finally out of my food coma and ready to bring on the Holiday sweets. This truly is my favorite time of the year and nothing makes me happier than handing out sweets to friends and family. As a baking blogger it’s actually perfect, as I won’t struggle to give away my baked goods until after the New Year. I’m all stocked up on pretty boxes and bags which make extra treats look all festive too.
I love a spicy ginger cookie, but I’m not so much into the hard texture of a traditional ginger snap, so these were perfect for me. The edges are crisp and the insides are chewy and soft. I added candied ginger bits which add little burst of spicy ginger flavor with each bite. The dough comes together in no time and the bake up quickly. I chose to bake
a dozen of these and chill the rest of the dough in pre-scooped portions, making it easy as pie to bake up a few anytime company comes over.
On a side note, thank you all so much for the sweet comments on the wedding picture post! I put a lot of love and hard work into planning all the details of that day, so hearing all your kindness made my day! I will go back and give some info on vendors and stuff to answer your questions. :)
Ingredients Instructions Notes *Candied Ginger can be found at your basic grocery store, but if you can't find it- I made it from scratch here.
“too” many… my bad
Wondeful, except for the stomach ache from eating to many!
i’ve been wanting to make these and finally took the time to make candied ginger and made the cookies…….amazing. like, quite possibly one of the best things i’ve had in my entire life, and im a chocoholic to the core. thanks so much for sharing!!!!!
These were amazing! My husband and I loved them so much we had to make them again last night because the first batch didn’t last very long :)
These cookies are the jam. They are now the exception to my anti- soft cookie rule!
I made these (minus the candied ginger) to bring to my Grandpa’s 84th birthday party today- he is in a nursing home and can’t eat much, but still enjoys soft cookies. These were perfect and looked just like your photos. Thanks for the recipe!
So sorry for the late reply Clarissa! Yes- you fold the candied ginger in- I changed the recipe above to include that detail!
So sorry- Yes! The ginger is mixed into the dough. I clarified in the recipe.
Is the candied ginger mixed into the dough or part of the raw sugar for rolling? Thanks!
This is a great recipe I got mine from a lady here in kansas & she got it from her mom.
At least 100 yrs old. Thanks for the memories and I am going to make several batches for friends. Memories are a good thing. THANKS
I’m guessing you fold the candied ginger in at the end?
Hey Kali! For this recipe you really need to flatten the dough out before baking to get them spread out. Otherwise they will just puff up! :)
But oh my, do they taste amazing? Yes, yes I think they do!
Baking these right now. It’s like you can read my mind, I have been craving these for over a week now and needed a good recipe. They look gorgeous!
Although, in general, I have trouble with my cookies not spreading out all pretty like yours or store cookies. Any tips?
I always bake ginger cookies for the Hollidays, but the rolled ones, and you know, allways the same? So here it comes, the chewy cookies in a complete different way to have ginger cookies. I will make it…!!!
Ohh… I need to get some candied ginger because these look DIVINE.
Swooning over these. I love soft and chewy cookies and that’s the only way I like ginger cookies. These are perfect!
Those look awesome. I love gingersnaps, but hate that they’re so crunch also.
they look perfect for christmas time!
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Definitely a favorite of mine. Your recipe looks awesome!