Grandma's Gingersnaps with a bite

Name: Grandma's Gingersnaps with a bite
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 12 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups margarine or shortening (I use 2 blocks hard margarine and 1/2 cup Crisco shortening); 2 cups white sugar; 1/2 cup molasses; 2 eggs; 4 cups flour; 2 tsp ginger; 4 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper; 1/4 tsp hot chili pepper (not to be confused with chili powder)

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Cook:12min

This is an old favorite that I changed a wee bit!!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:17:05 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories66.5 kcal (3%)

Total Fat3 g (4%)

Carbs9.5 g (4%)

Sugars5.4 g (6%)

Protein0.7 g (1%)

Sodium61.7 mg (3%)

Fiber0.2 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

96 servings

1 ½ cupsmargarine

or shortening, I use 2 blocks hard margarine and 1/2 cup Crisco shortening

2 cupswhite sugar

½ cupmolasses

2eggs

4 cupsflour

2 tspginger

4 tspbaking soda

2 tspcinnamon

½ tspcayenne pepper

¼ tsphot chili pepper

not to be confused with chili powder

Instructions

Step 1

Shape teaspoons of dough into balls, dip top into white sugar, I like to use raw sugar as it's coarser, I've also mixed a dash of cayenne in with this sugar. Bake on parchment lined cookie sheet at 350 for 10 minutes. Big recipe!! I doubled the hot spices so don't add more!