What do you get when you cross a Snickerdoodle with a soft ginger cookie? A Gingerdoodle! I found this recipe at a conference in Chicago. Land o' Lakes was giving out recipe cards and homemade cookies which they'd wrapped in little plastic sleeves with cute labels. These were called Gingerdoodles.
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After chatting for a few minutes about butter, Fuzz and I grabbed a couple of Gingerdoodles and enjoyed them back in our hotel room.
I made a batch this morning, and as you might very well presume, they taste even better fresh out of the oven. For the butter, the original recipe called for salted. If you like using salted butter, it works perfectly. If using unsalted you'll want to add a little more salt. The cookies are definitely more exciting than your typical Snickerdoodle, and fun to look at, too.
Butter Softening Tip
There are so many butter softening tips. I usually just cut it into chunks and heat on a low power in the microwave, stopping every so often to check the softness. There is one fun tip you can use if you have a 4 oz stick of butter. Stand it on its end and heat for 6 seconds on high. Turn it on its other end and blast for another 6 seconds. Make sure you put a little piece of parchment or a microwave-safe plate under. Take the butter out and it should be soft through and through.
Recipe
Gingerdoodles
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar (300 grams)
- 1 cup salted or unsalted butter (softened) (228 grams)
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (375 grams)
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 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
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat just until incorporated.
- 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.
- 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
- Twist ¾-inch pieces of each dough together; roll into about 1 ¼-inch balls, creating a marbled effect. Roll balls in sugar.
- 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.
Anna says
Feel free to send pictures!
Sue K says
On a whim I mixed these up and baked a few. They turned out great. I love the texture and they’re visually appealing. I would say mine at first taste more like snickerdoodles but then there is a nice ginger cookie hit at the end.
The rest of the dough is going in the freezer. I think my son and grandson will love them.
Anna says
I posted the recipe in August of 2013 so nobody was really thinking about Christmas cookies. They got lost in the shuffle and need new photos! I'm going to bake some today and take new photos. Sue, these would be great to make on your AirBake.
Sue K says
It looks l like I didn’t make these when you first posted them. I might have to change that!
Anna says
Hi Ashley,
Thanks for the review! Glad you liked the cookies.
Ashley @ Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen says
I made these tonight and they were wonderful! I used a small cookie scoop to get equal amounts of each dough, and it worked out great. They were nice and soft... and ADDICTIVE! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Katrina says
I think my mom would love these. I'll see her in a few weeks! And I want a bordoodle now, too!
Kim F says
I had to look it up. There ARE "borderdoodles". Looks like they call them "Bordoodles". Too cute. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/b/bordoodle.htm
Anna says
Is there such thing as a Borderdoodle? If so, I want one. It would have to be the most intelligent dog ever. HAL is border collie/cattle dog/ and probably greyhound. If he had some poodle in him he could take over the world.
Kim F. says
These look awesome... and I had to weigh in on the type of dog discussion in the first comment. There are labradoodles and goldendoodles and a bunch of other dogs being bred with poodles. I just got a labradoodle myself so the comment about dogs caught my eye. We thought of naming our dog Ginger due to the color of her coat. We could have called her Gingerdoodle. Too funny! Now I am craving cookies but I think I am making Anna's Easy Vegan Banana Bread today. 🙂
Adam says
These look and sound great. It's funny, being a huge fan of both types of cookies, I never thought about mashing them together :). I wonder how they would work as some type of pinwheel/swirl cookie, think the dough would hold up?
Polly says
I'm making these now, and I'm chilling the ginger dough because it was a little too soft to work with. I have high hopes for these!
Karen says
I was going to make peanutbutter chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. Think I just changed my mind!
Sue says
This is an awesome idea!!! There are several people in my life who I know would LOVE this combo! I thought of the golden doodle dog when I read the title. 🙂
Chewthefat says
What a clever idea! I've made snickerdoodle recipes with ginger instead of cinnamon, but never thought to combine a snickerdoodle with a ginger snap!
Joe says
Fun! I'll have to try this when we get our stuff.
Martha in KS says
Isn't Gingerdoodle (or is it gingerdoogle?) the breed of the Obama's dog Bo? lol
Your cookies look good, but I'm in love with the plate w/purple flowers. Is it vintage or a current pattern?