Gingersnaps

[Tina Nord]

Mmmmmm my son and I were watching cut throat kitchen last night and one of the challenges was to make ginger snap cookies. It got me to craving them badly, but I only buy them at the store, have never made my own. How do you make them homemade and so crunchy?

 

[Trellum]

You mean Pepparkakor? I had those a while ago, really good, but i think isn't so easy to get really hard crispy ones. I have heard you need a really strong rising agent when preparing those. Are you planing to bake them anytime soon? If you are... just make sure to ask what the best rising agent is for this kind of dough, but I do know you need a really strong one for this to turn out the way you want it.

 

[Winterybella]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/incredibly-crisp-gingersnaps-recipe.html

See if that helps. I have never made any myself. I had sort of eased off of making cookies after having several misses of sorts. Not disasters, just misses, but I will start again soon,

 

[cookiesfromhome]

I never eat these cookies but heard that there taste sounds good.

 

[Diane Lane]

I love all ginger cookies, so I'm no help here. The last ones I made spread out because I melted the butter, instead of simply softening it, and the edges came out really crispy and caramelized, but that was more like a candy edging than crispy gingersnaps. I'd like to make some crispy ones, I think the crunchiness adds to the experience, and makes us (or me, at least) feel full faster.