M.F.K. Fisher’s Ginger Hottendots

Name: M.F.K. Fisher’s Ginger Hottendots
Ingredients: 3¾ cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar; 2 teaspoons cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar; 2 large eggs, well beaten; ½ cup dark (not blackstrap) molasses; ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; 1½ teaspoons baking soda; 2 tablespoons ground ginger

Preparation info

Makes about
15 dozen
tiny cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

These are tiny gingery rounds, baked crisp—homemade ginger snaps. Note that baking them for the time indicated results in crisp cookies with slightly chewy interiors, while a longer time in the oven will make them crisp throughout. Though the yield seems huge, these will go quickly (they keep well, too).

Ingredients

3¾ cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking soda
2 tablespoo

Dessert
Spicy
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter 2 baking sheets. Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves onto a sheet of wax paper; set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed. Stir in the eggs, molasses and