Mom would make these cookies often when I was a small child and through the years we continued to make them for our own families.
The cookies have just the right amount of spice and are perfect for dunking in the morning hot beverage you prefer.
She used simple pantry ingredients like molasses, ginger, and cinnamon, and this became a family favorite spice cookie.
If you love vintage recipes you may also like Mom's Wine Drop Cookies also a similar molasses cookie from the 1960s ( they have no wine in the recipe just the name) and softer than ginger snaps.
Scroll down to our printable recipe card and let's start baking some delicious vintage old-fashioned cookies!
Roll and Bake
Ginger snaps just shout fall flavors and perfect little bite when you want something a little sweet with your coffee or tea.
Once you make these from scratch you'll never buy those boxed kinds again.
This recipe is super easy to make.
Ingredients You Will Need
- molasses
- oil
- egg
- baking soda
- ginger
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
- sugar
- flour
- note for super spicy add a pinch of cayenne pepper
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Chocolate Spice Cookies
Old Fashioned Buttermilk Cookies
Tips and Suggestions
- roll these in a cinnamon and sugar mixture
- garnish with powdered sugar mixed with cinnamon
- use light icing over the top
- these are delicious served over a butter pecan ice cream crumbled on top
- these also make a great pie crust or for cheesecake crusts
You'll love these perfectly crisp and chewy gingersnap cookies, they just shout holiday in flavor!
Mom added these to every holiday cookie tray needs these cookies are simple to make and delicious festive taste of Christmas.
Yield: 30
Mom's Ginger Snaps
This is a vintage recipe mom used to make as a child. Delicious ginger flavored spice cookie.
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 25 Min
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- note for super spicy add a pinch of cayenne pepper
- Garnish for rolling:
- cinnamon/sugar mixture or regular granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper or use a silpat mat
- Cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. on high speed for around 2 minutes
- Add all the rest of the ingredients until well blended
- Shape into balls.
- We like to roll ours in a cinnamon/sugar mixture or regular sugar before baking.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the tops start to crack open.
- Cool completely before removing to a wire rack or wax paper.
Notes:
Tips and Suggestions
- roll these in a cinnamon and sugar mixture
- garnish with powdered sugar mixed with cinnamon
- use light icing over the top
- these are delicious served over a butter pecan ice cream crumbled on top
- these also make a great pie crust or for cheesecake crusts
Nutrition Facts
Calories
135.30Fat (grams)
4.89Sat. Fat (grams)
2.95Carbs (grams)
22.32Fiber (grams)
0.87Net carbs
21.45Sugar (grams)
14.19Protein (grams)
1.28Sodium (milligrams)
124.77Cholesterol (grams)
18.40
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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2009. It was edited and re-published in 2022.
