This recipe is easy to make without a mixer. Some find ginger helpful for mild seasickness. And it's delicious. Sounds like a perfect boat recipe! (There's a glitch in how nutrition facts are calculated -- divide by 12 to get the amounts per cookie.)
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Baking - per batch 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 48cookies
Calories 840kcal
Carbs (g): 116
Ingredients
2/3cupcanola oil or vegetable oil
1/2cupwhite sugar
1/2cupbrown sugar or additional white sugar
1/4cupmolasses
1egg
1teaspoonvanilla
2cupsflour(can use up to half whole wheat flour)
2teaspoonsbaking soda
1/4teaspoonsalt
1teaspooncinnamon
1teaspoonginger
1/2teaspoonground cloves
Extra sugar to sprinkle over top
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Mix oil, sugars, molasses, egg and vanilla.
Mix dry ingredients separately in small bowl so that soda and spices are evenly distributed, then mix dry ingredients into sugar mix.
Make into 1” balls (mixture will be soft) and place 3” apart on greased cookie sheet (as they bake, cookies will become 3” flat circles). Sprinkle sugar over each cookie.
Bake 9 minutes at 375° F. Cool on the cookie sheet for a minute or two before moving to a wire rack or plate.
Nutrition Facts
Ginger Snaps
Amount Per Serving
Calories 840Calories from Fat 351
% Daily Value*
Fat 39g60%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Cholesterol 40mg13%
Sodium 726mg30%
Potassium 426mg12%
Carbohydrates 116g39%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 67g74%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 60IU1%
Calcium 87mg9%
Iron 4.3mg24%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.