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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles Recipe

4.75 from 35 votes
prep 5 minutes
cook 10 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
total 25 minutes
Serves 10
Super soft gingerbread snickerdoodles are subtly spiced and rolled in cinnamon sugar to give it a gooey center and a nice crisp edge. 
Author: Bernice Baran
Servings 10

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (113g) salted butter, melted
  • 3/4 cup (150g) dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cup (180g) all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • cinnamon sugar for coating

Method

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the melted butter and the dark brown sugar just until they're combined.
    1/2 cup (113g) salted butter melted, 3/4 cup (150g) dark brown sugar packed
  2. Add in the egg and vanilla and whisk aggressively for 1-2 minutes, until its smooth and lightened in color.
    1 large egg room temperature, 1 tsp vanilla extract
  3. Fold in the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger just until the last streak of flour is combined.
    1 1/2 cup (180g) all-purpose flour spooned and leveled, 1/4 tsp fine sea salt, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger
  4. Scoop dough into 10 cookies on a cookie sheet and freeze for 5-10 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350F/177C convection (325F/163C conventional).
  6. Remove the cookies from the freezer and roll each one into a ball and then roll them in cinnamon sugar.
    cinnamon sugar for coating
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the edges are set and center is puffed.
  8. Let them rest on the cookie pan for 5-10 minutes before serving.

Notes

If you don't have convection, bake at 325F (160C) conventional for 11-12 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 211kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 182mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13g
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cinnamon sugar, cookies, gingerbread cookies, gingerbread snickerdoodles, snickerdoodles, soft and chewy cookies, spiced cookies