Old Fashioned Chewy Gingersnap Cookie Recipe
Our Old-Fashioned Gingersnap Cookie recipe is made with both brown sugar and molasses to give these cookies a soft and chewy texture. This cookie recipe reminds me of enjoying Grandma’s Gingersnap cookies.
Molasses gives these cookies their irresistibly soft, chewy center, while a warm blend of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves delivers that classic, crave-worthy gingersnap flavor in every bite.
One of my favorite things about the holiday season is baking cookies. I like to keep Christmas cookies on hand when family comes to visit. We have also started a tradition of baking these cut-out cookies to decorate with our youngest grandson.


Of course, you can make Gingersnap Cookies any time of the year, but we’ve heard that Santa loves these, so we are making them now as we indulge in some Christmas baking.

Let’s make Gingersnap Cookies!
Ingredients for Gingersnap Cookies
Most of the ingredients for Gingersnap Cookies are common cookie dough ingredients, except for a few items like the ginger, cloves, brown sugar, and molasses.
- ½ Cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 Cup vegetable shortening
- 1 Cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 Cup granulated sugar, divided
- ½ Cup dark molasses
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 4½ Cups all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp. ground ginger
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp salt
Soft and Chewy Gingersnap Cookies Easy Recipe
A soft and chewy Gingersnap cookies made with molasses. Easy recipe made from scratch. A nice Christmas cookie for Santa or for a Cookie Exchange party.
Ingredients
- ½ Cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 Cup vegetable shortening
- 1 Cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 Cup granulated sugar, divided
- ½ Cup dark molasses
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 4½ Cups all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp. ground ginger
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Cream the butter, shortening, brown sugar, and ½
cup granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl with mixer. - Mix in the molasses, and then add the eggs and mix to combine.
- In a separate large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and spices. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
- Transfer the dough to the refrigerator and chill for one hour.
- While the dough is chilling, place top oven rack in center position and pre-heat oven to 375°F. Then, line two large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or a baking mat and set aside.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and form into 1-inch balls. Roll balls of dough in remaining ½ cup granulated sugar until coated
- Place balls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between each ball.
- Place in the pre-heated oven and bake for 8 - 11 minutes or until cookies are nicely browned and cooked through.
- Remove cookies from oven and cool on wire rack before serving.
- Serve & Enjoy! Santa loves these!
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As far as cookie making and baking go, Gingersnap Cookies are easy to make. Rolling cookies into balls is one of the easiest ways to make cookies. We love the soft texture of these cookies we are making for our holiday season. The rich flavor is like a bite of Christmas.


More Christmas Cookie recipes:
Pecan Snowdrop Cookies. Make a double batch of these because they vanish quickly.
Bacon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies. YES! They do have bacon in them!
Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies. For Chocolate lovers who enjoy a bite of peanut butter.
Christmas Magic Cookie Bars. Another easy recipe you can whip up fast.
Brown Sugar Cookies. This recipe took home the Cookie Party Prize for Best Cookie at our annual Cookie Exchange.

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Chewy gingersnaps are a fantastic cookie. The taste amazing especially with coffee. Pinned.
Oooo, I love a good gingersnap cookie! Haven’t eaten one in a long time, so I definitely want to this. Surprisingly, I actually have all the ingredients.
You had me a “chewy” gingersnaps. My coffee and I would like a few of these this morning – yummy!
I love gingersnaps, they are one of my favorites!