The Good Cook’s Gingersnaps

In 1998, I was invited by Pat Adrian, director of the Good Cook division of the Book-of-the-Month Club, to judge its annual office baking contest. There were luscious cakes, pies, and cookies of all types, but these gingersnaps were the hands-down winners. Julie Ellis-Clayton, the winner of the contest, was kind enough to share her recipe with me. It was adapted from a recipe in The New England Cookbook (Culinary Arts Institute, no da