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Makes
2-3 dozen, depending on size
Author Notes
My daughter's all-time favorite cookie has always been gingersnaps; she took my recipe off to college with her, along with a KitchenAid mixer. Yesterday she turned 22, and I decided it was time to grow my recipe up. I also needed something to take to a friend's for an afternoon sitdown with a bottle of wine on a snowy (!) April day.
On the way I stopped and got an assortment of cheeses and some sopressata. We opened a bottle of rustic red, made little "sandwiches" out of the cookies, and for a while weren't bothered by this seemingly endless winter.
Obviously, they pair nicely with wine, red or white. Also with kechin's Apple Ginger Hot Toddy (http://www.food52.com/recipes...) or with hardlikearmour's G.O.P Up in Flames (http://www.food52.com/recipes...). —boulangere
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Ingredients
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6 ounces
unsalted butter, room temp
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1/4 cup
granulated sugar
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2
large eggs, room temp
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2 ounces
molasses
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2 1/4 cups
all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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1 teaspoon
sea or kosher salt
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A few grinds of black pepper
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1 teaspoon
finely minced fresh ginger
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2 teaspoons
finely minced fresh rosemary
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Sea or kosher salt to finish
Directions
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Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle, cream together butter and sugar until very pale and fluffy.
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If eggs are not room temp, soak them for 5 minutes in warm (not hot!) water, then proceed. This will help ensure that your emulsion comes together well. Crack them into a bowl. With mixer running on low speed, add eggs one at a time, allowing each to be fully incorporated before adding the next. When done, stop mixer and scrape completely around sides and bottom of bowl. Mix once again for a few seconds. Add molasses and mix to blend.
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Sift dry ingredients onto a sheet of parchment. Tip into mixer bowl all at once. Mix on low speed until no streaks of dry are visible. Stop mixer and scrape completely around sides and bottom of bowl. Add ginger and rosemary and mix to blend.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment. Feel free to reuse the one you used to hold the sifted dry ingredients.
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Use an ice cream scoop of whatever size you desire, though small is better than large. Scoop cookies onto baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between them - they will spread. Dampen a kitchen towel and fold it up. Press the bottom of a glass against it, then lightly dip into a shallow bowl of sea or kosher salt. Press glass on top of a cookie to slightly flatten it. Repeat with all cookies.
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Bake 8-10 minutes, until nicely browned, rotating halfway through. When done, remove to a rack to cool a bit. They are very good served warm!
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