Chewy No Molasses Gingersnaps recipe

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Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter, very soft
½ cup white sugar
½ cup applesauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons white sugar

Nutrition Info

61.4 calories
carbohydrate: 9.2 g
cholesterol: 12.3 mg
fat: 2.5 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 0.7 g
saturatedFat: 1.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 80.5 mg
sugar: 5.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Beat butter and 1/2 cup white sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy, beat in applesauce, brown sugar, and egg until smooth.

  3. Mix flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into butter mixture until dough is sandy but shapeable. Roll dough into balls. Pour 3 tablespoons white sugar into a bowl and roll dough balls in the sugar until coated. Flatten dough balls onto a baking sheet.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are crisp and lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer cookies immediately to a cooling rack and cool for 3 minutes.

Recipe Yield

dozen cookies

Recipe Note

These cookies are delicious. I made these for Christmas and a bake sale and they were sold out by the end! So thin and chewy! They're a MUST HAVE!

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