I am so excited to have made my first Mary Berry recipe! These Ginger Snaps were the perfect start to my British Baking!
This month’s Fantastic Star Baker was Rebecca @Twinklehook and she chose these fun little Gingersnaps as our monthly bake. It was funny how I kept thinking about how fun it would be to be on the Bake-off Show and if Mary and Paul would have approved of my Bake:). Lol!
I even broke down and tried my hand at actually weighing my ingredients! Can you believe it?
I didn’t have the golden syrup or cast sugar so I used Karo syrup and extra fine cane sugar instead.
I was very, very surprised with how small the dough was! I am used to a bowl that is almost filled to the brim with dough. No wonder Mary has stayed so trim:)!
Even though the dough was small, there was enough dough for 12 walnut sized balls. I made three exactly as the recipe instructed, and three that I rolled in sugar because that is how I always make cookies, and then I added a pecan to six of them because I live in a pecan grove and we add nuts to everything!
I baked mine for less than the 15 min suggested in the recipe. I baked mine for 14 min. Which is longer than I normally would have, but I wanted a crisp snap to my cookie with no soggy bottom:)
They were certainly crisp! I would call mine a definite dipping cookie because I could barely bite into it! Lol:)! Maybe I should have taken them out at about 11 minutes.
It didn’t really matter though. The taste was so scrummy! I especially like the kick of heat at the end because of the ginger. They would be so good with a cup of milk or hot chocolate.
Here is the recipe if you want to try your own Mary Berry Gingersnaps
I’m excited to see how the other baker’s cookies turned out!
•Tina @Kristabella’s Hodgepodge
•Kate @ Life, Tea,and Everything
It has been so fun baking with you today. Thank you once again, Rebecca, for the recipe!
If they were hard and very crunchy, then you’ve baked a perfect gingersnap! I think they must have been designed specially to survive extensive dunking in a mug of tea without disintegrating. They’re a very English ‘biscuit’, not a cookie at all, so if they’re soft and chewy they’re either stale or not baked long enough. One thing you should know about them is that they make an absolutely perfect base for cheesecake if crushed and then mixed with melted butter. The combination of ginger heat, crunch and creamy cheesecake is divine!
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Oh my I never thought to use them as a cheesecake base! I’m used to using digestives. Thanks for the tip 😃
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Lime cheesecake with gingernut base 🙂
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Oh my goodness that sounds wonderful!!
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Oh I’m so glad I got them right! I didn’t know:). I bet they would be excellent beyond measure as cheesecake crust. Thank you so much for clarifying this for me/). You are the BEST!❤️
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Yaaaaaaaas they look so cute with that little pecan in the middle 😄 I also thought the same about the size of the dough! But I didn’t expect them to grow like they did. Can’t wait for next month 😘
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Thank you Rebecca! This was such a fun Bake. You chose well❤️❤️
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Such a good idea to add the nut. When I read to roll like a walnut size I actually thought of adding some nuts but I didn’t. Can’t wait to taste mine. They are still in the oven.
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Yours look wonderful, Tracy! They are definitely made for dunking aren’t they, and very British! You live in a pecan grove??😳 I am soooo jealous!
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Thank you Kathy! Every now and then a nice crisp dunking Cooking is just what is called for:). Yes I live in a beautiful 100 year old pecan grove. It keeps things cooler in the hot Arizona summers:)
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Amazing, you should write a post about those trees sometime!
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They look good, even though you didn’t have all the right ingredients, which luckily I do, so I’ll let you know how mine are next week, before we go away for a few days on grandparent duties before the kiddies go back to school. It’s the long summer break here in Oz & it’s nearly over for most, depending on which state you live in. Your pecan grove sounds wonderful & some photos with a post would be fun. I blog about my blueberries & I’ve only two 13 year old bushes (giggle). Take care.
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Thank you Susan! Cookies for the grand kiddos is always a good idea! I think a picture or two of my house is a good idea. I will try to fit one in one of these days:)❤️❤️
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That’s awesome that you weighed the ingredients!! Glad to hear it went well and you had fun!!😊 can’t wait to read everyone else’s!
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Thank you Abbey! I think the scale will be used a lot , so I am glad I purchased it:). We miss you this month, but of course look forward to next month❤️❤️
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I so missed being apart too!!😢 I was just reading everyone’s post about it and I can’t wait for next month!😁❤️
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Oh I love the pecan, that’s a great idea! Next time 🙂
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Sounds like Mary Berry would be pleased! 🙂
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Oh I think so too!!! Thank you Cindy❤️
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Your cookies look delicious, I love the addition of the pecans!
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Thank you Kate! I think they were a delicious compliment to the cookie❤️
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They were so good and I’m going to have to explore more of her recipes! Thank you for introducing me to her!
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Yum! They look delicious 😋. Thanks for the conversion chart, it was helpful!
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They were so yummy Brenna! I’m glad the chart helped:). These Bake Along are so fun! ❤️❤️
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Oh adding that pecan is just the perfect top for that perfect ginger snap!! Bravo for weighing the ingredients. This cookie is one of the best examples of what makes the Bake Along so Fantastic – I probably would have never baked ginger snaps if it wasn’t for this post. I had only ever really had hard store bought ginger snaps before but now I will be baking them more often. Home baked gingersnaps are amazing!! 😀 😀 😀
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This does sound fun! I am going out of town for a few weeks and will try to join up when I get back❤️
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