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    Gingerdoodles

    Published: Dec 20, 2013 by Ashley

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    I wanted to make some festive cookies for a potluck this week, and when I saw these over on Cookie Madness, I  just knew I had to try them out.

    I haven't made our favorite Snickerdoodle recipe in quite some time, and the idea of twisting them up with ginger cookies just sounded fabulous. And it was!!

    The two types of dough together worked out so well. I love the depth of flavor that molasses adds to  cookies. Especially the dough. Not that I ate it raw or anything...

    These are fun to make - I used a small cookie scoop to get equal amounts of each dough, and rolled them together in my hands. It worked out great, and I was rewarded with a big batch of soft, chewy and absolutely delicious cookies. These will definitely be making a repeat appearance in my kitchen!

    Gingerdoodles

    Gingerdoodles
    Cookie Madness (Adapted from Land O'Lakes)

    A cross between a Snickerdoodle and a ginger cookie.

    Prep time: 10 mins
    Cook time: 8 mins
    Total time: 18 mins
    Serves: 48

    Ingredients
    1 ½ cups granulated sugar
    1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
    2 Land O Lakes® Eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    2 ¾ cups (13.4 oz) all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons cream of tartar
    1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    ¼ teaspoon salt (or 1 teaspoon if using unsalted butter)
    Ginger Dough
    3 tablespoons mild molasses
    ¼ cup all-purpose flour
    ½ teaspoon ground ginger
    ½ teaspoon ground cloves
    For Rolling: ⅓ cup sugar

    1. Heat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.

    2. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat just until incorporated.

    3. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, cream of tartar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until blended. Divide dough in half; place in separate bowls.

    4. Add molasses to one bowl of dough and stir until it’s mixed in. Combine ¼ cup flour, ginger and cloves and add to the molasses dough, stirring until well mixed
    5. Twist ¾-inch pieces of each dough together; roll into about 1 ¼-inch balls, creating a marbled effect. Roll balls in sugar.

    6. Place, 2 inches apart, onto prepared baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; transfer to cooling rack.

    Big Flavors Rating: 5 Stars

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    Comments

    1. Ann Keen

      December 20, 2013 at 12:00 pm

      Love your recipes but don't know how to copy recipe without coping all the other writhing below the recipe. Will be making up these gingerdoodles for sure ! Thank you

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      • Dino

        December 20, 2013 at 12:17 pm

        Hi Ann, you might have better luck copy/pasting using a different web browser like Firefox or Chrome.

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      • Ashley

        December 20, 2013 at 2:18 pm

        I hope Dino's workaround helps solve this for you. Enjoy the cookies - they're delicious!

        Reply
    2. Mom

      December 21, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      They look different than I thought they would....YUM!!

      Reply

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