Cookie of the Year Winner: Ginger Doodles

Announcing the cookie of the year. And the winner is . . . ginger doodles!

We make a lot of cookies in our house. A lot. Our three daughters love to bake which means there’s always some kind of recipe testing and tasting going on in the kitchen.

Ginger doodles have been a favorite all fall. We made these tasty cookies for the 4th-grade bake sale at the Turquoise Table to raise money for a class pet. The cookies were so yummy the kids raised enough money for TWO pets. The kiddos welcomed Bevo and Blake, their beloved gerbils, to the class in November.

What’s a ginger doodle?

Imagine a soft and chewy ginger cookie — like a snickerdoodle and a ginger snap got married! It’s a perfect combination for a cookie.

Why not make ginger doodles this week? Our recipe makes about 4 dozen so you’ll have plenty to enjoy and more to share.

5 Ways to Give Ginger Doodles This Week

• Surprise a neighbor with a tin of warm ginger doodles
• Take a tray of ginger doodles to the caregivers at a neighborhood nursing home
• Package several ginger doodles as a sweet treat for your mailman, garbage collectors, and UPS delivery driver
• Say thank you to teachers, Sunday school leaders, and babysitters with a box of ginger doodles
• Treat co-workers to a Secret Santa gift of ginger doodles

We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. Let us know how you plan to spread some love this week!

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Ginger Doodles

 

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Soft and chewy full of deliciousness. Like a snickerdoodle and a ginger snap got married! A ginger doodle!

Author: Kristin Schell

Serves: 4 dozen

Ingredients

• ¾ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅕ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• For rolling the dough:
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and syrup and beat until combined. In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ginger, salt, cream of tartar and nutmeg. Gradually beat into the creamed mixture.
3. In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of sugar and cinnamon.
4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each dough ball in sugar mixture. Place 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown.

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