YuleLog Ornament Collector's Bulletin Board Forums Discussion YuleLog Recipe Forum Gingersnaps

Okay, sometimes when I'm bored and have some time on my hands, I bake. I've been taking processed foods out of my diet, and that includes desserts. So, when I want a dessert, I make it from scratch (or grab fruit, which is what I usually do, but fruit's better in the summer).

So, today, I'm currently making these gingersnaps that I found a recipe for on Food Network's website. I had all of the ingredients, so that made it a winner for me.

The first batch just cooled enough to try, and they are very yummy!

Link to the recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/incredibly-crisp-gingersnaps-recipe.html

I didn't do the full 15-20 minutes like it says. I did 12 minutes for the first batch, and they turned out fine. I think the longer you leave them, the drier they become, but the bottoms will brown, so 10-12 minutes works out better.

To make it slightly healthier, I use unbleached all-purpose flour and turbinado sugar in the raw instead of "sugar." Unbleached flour is less processed. Turbinado sugar in the raw is far less processed than white sugar. I recently switched to these types of flour/sugar for baking. Granted, I will use white sugar on occasion.

If you use raw sugar, it is bigger crystals and they are a light brown color instead of white, so in the recipe where it says to wait for the sugar/butter mixture to turn white, it won't. Just do the five minutes, and it's fine. The raw sugar doesn't look nearly as pretty as white sugar either on the outside. It sparkles less, but it tastes the same, so whatever.

Thanks for sharing your recipe.

I keep promising to make healthier versions of recipes but so far I haven't. I am going to keep this recipe handy.

Marie

My daughter ordered herself the 100 Days of Real Food Cookbook a couple of months ago and is enjoying cooking and baking many items from it. I think she is planning on making a Pumpkin Cheesecake and a Chocolate Pecan Pie from it this week along with a healthy salad with fruits, nuts and mixed greens. I told her as long as Dad & Steven have turkey, mashed potatoes and rolls . . . they won't care what else she & I fix to go with it.

She's even taken to making her own face wash . . . olive oil, raw honey and seems like something else. I gave her one of my old olive oil bottles with Flamingo's on it to store it in!!! That girl!

Sarah finally got home last night and this is what she spent the evening making! Recipe sounds about the same as what she made . . . except she used Hodgson's (sp?) Whole Wheat Flour. I had to run to the store to buy ground cloves, only had whole on hand and a fresh box of baking soda. They turned out very good!

Homemade ones are much better than store ones, huh?

My family makes candy at Christmas, so I haven't made these in a while, but they are Christmasy with the smells and all (the smell of cloves is one of my favorite smells).