Sunday, October 26, 2008

Gingersnaps

I was craving cookies last night, which is a rarity for me, so I figured I better make them. But what kind? I didn't have any chocolate, didn't want anything with nuts. Spicy is always good, so I settled on gingersnaps, using a recipe from Erin of Erin Cooks.

For the first tray, I rolled out little dough balls, coated them in sugar, and baked. For the second tray, I rolled the balls, flattened them, then tossed in sugar. For the 3rd tray, I rolled the balls, coated in sugar, then flattened them on the tray. I couldn't tell the difference between the 2nd and 3rd trays, but the 1st (non-flattened) tray was obviously different:

Not flattened:
















Flattened:















Both versions were good, with the non-flattened ones being cakier, the flat ones chewier. House consensus is that the flat ones are better. My cookie craving is now satisfied. Thanks, Erin!

I'm submitting this to Ruth at Ruth's Kitchen Experiments for her weekly Bookmarked Recipes event.

4 comments:

Betts said...

Thanks for doing this so many ways. I can't wait to make the chewy ones.

Vicki said...

Hey Betts -
It must be the lab chemist in me :)

Ruth Strong said...

I love gingersnaps, and these look great

Thanks for sending this into the BR round up

Vicki said...

Hi Ruth -
Thanks, and thanks for the roundup, I now have even more bookmarked recipes!