They are wonderful AND true to my I-need-to-make-these-a-little-healthier-self… I skinned them down too.
Yep! Your welcome 🙂
Yield: 36
Irish Ginger Snaps
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Total Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/3 C butter, softened
- 4 oz neufatchel cream cheese
- 1 C sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 C flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 C raw sugar, reserved
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray; set aside.
- Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth.
- Add sugar; mix well. Add egg; mix until light and fluffy.
- Add salt, baking soda, and spices; mix well.
- Add flour 1 C at a time; mix just until incorporated.
- Pour raw sugar into a small bowl, roll dough into small balls (I used a small cookie scoop), roll in sugar.
- Press with the bottom of a glass to 1/4 inch thick.
- Bake 8-10 minutes; until the bottoms are lightly browned but the tops are white. Don't over bake.
- Cool and enjoy.
- Store in a tightly closed container.
* I adapted this recipe from Jeanne Mather
These festive little cookies are fun for St. Patrick’s Day… if you love Ginger Snaps then these moist Irish Ginger Snaps will be a party in your mouth!
Here are a couple of other delicious and fun St. Patrick’s Day ideas…
I hope you were able to get entered in yesterday’s Pot-of-Gold Giveaway… imagine all the fun you could have with a $600.00 gift card!
Happy Tuesday!
xoxo~ Ruthie
jill says
just wanted to let you know that your recipe up top is different from the one on the printed recipe card. The “card” is missing the 1/3 cup butter and 4 oz. cream cheese – thanks for the recipe
Ruth says
Thanks so much, Jill, for the heads up! It must have missed my copy and paste BUT it’s all better now 🙂 I hope you came back again soon! xoxo~ Ruthie
Cindy @Hun... What's for Dinner? says
These look super yummy! Thanks so much for linking to Simple Supper Tuesday!
Ruthie says
Sure… I’d love to have you come and party with me on Saturdays 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Susan says
Thank you for the recipes! I printed the cookie and soda bread, but the link to the Irish Stew doesn’t work. Just thought I’d let you know.
Ruthie says
Thanks for the heads up Susan… I will fix the link. Here it is for you https://cookingwithruthie.com/2012/03/15/irish-stew/ Hope you enjoy the recipes… xoxo~ Ruthie
Jean says
I am looking forward to trying out this recipe, though I am curious as to why it does not include ginger?
Ruthie says
Gosh… that is strange isn’t? I checked the original recipes again and it doesn’t even call for it! Crazy… we better add some in! Although they do taste amazing as is… hmmm. Let’s add 1/2 tsp of ginger as an option maybe?? xoxo~ Ruthie
Winnie says
These cookies look wonderful!
The kind I cannot stop eating once I start……. 🙂
Jeff says
These seem closer to Snickerdoodles with cloves than ginger snaps. Without ginger and molassas that are traditional in the ginger snap they would be less…snappy, for want of a better word. Although the lack of molassas may mean that my daughter may actually like this version of the ginger snap.
Ruthie says
Hi Jeff… I’m sure your daughter will love these cookies and I must admit no ginger is strange so I’m sure it was omitted accidentally from the recipe I was given… as I’ve looked around on line I think there should be 1 tsp of ginger as well. I will add it in the recipe…Hope you enjoy them 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Julie Fagundes says
These look delicious!! I will be making these this weekend…thanks for sharing!
Julie
http://www.thevitnagebarnhome.com
Ruthie says
You’ll love them!! THanks for the nice comment… I hope you’ll come and share at my Super Saturday Show & Tell link party 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Jeni says
I have never had these cookies, but they sound delicious! I love ginger snaps!
Ruthie says
You will LOVE these cookies! They’re super yummy 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Katie B. of HousewifeHowTos.com says
Wow, these sound delicious! I love that you used Neufchatel, instead of cream cheese, too. Why feel guilty over something as joyful as a cookie, right?
If you haven’t already, I’d love if you’d come join my How To Tuesday link party, too.
http://housewifehowtos.com/link-party-2/how-to-tuesday-link-party-10/
KC @ The Real Thing with the Coake Family says
Oh my…the looks so yummy!
Thanks so much for sharing at my Real Family Fun link party.
KC
Cassandra says
Have not try this kind of cookies before… It looks so delicious! Thank’s for sharing the recipe…
http://www.cassandrasminicorner.com/2013/02/how-to-make-green-papaya-pickle-filipino-style.html
Stopping bu from Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop- hope you can stop by 🙂
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile says
Ruthie,
Thank you for linking these. They sound and look delicious. I am featuring them today (Monday) at http://www.memoriesbythemile.com/
Hope to see you at Tuesday Trivia, can’t wait to see what you share.
xoxo
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Leigh Anne@Yourhomebasedmom.com says
Love gingersnap cookies! Can’t wait to try.
Thanks so much for linking up over at Finding the Pretty & Delicious Linky Party. Hope you’ll come back again on Saturday! Leigh Anne
Ruthie says
Oh girl… these ones are just fab! I’ll be back every saturday to party with you 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes} says
These little Irish Ginger Snaps look so yummy! Thanks for linking up to The Best Blog Recipe’s Weekend re-Treat #6!
Wanted to stop by and pin your image to My Link Parties Craft/DIY & Recipe Boards while I was here.
Shauna
http://thebestblogrecipes.blogspot.com/
http://ready2loseweight.blogspot.com/
Ruthie says
Thanks so much… I appreciate every pin! I’d love to have you come and share at Super Saturday Show & Tell here with me 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
alissa says
These look spectacular! Pinning and making!
Desiree Campbell says
They look yummy! Pinning!