Reviewed: May 6, 2012

This is an excellent cookie. I made a few changes but followed the basic recipe. I used 1/4c Shortening 1/2c butter. I only used brown sugar(it will make any cookie moist) and I decreased the baking soda to 1 tsp. Lastly I didn't have ground ginger so I used 1tbs pumpkin spice. LOVED THEM, I will make this ASAP!

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happymama

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2012

These were great cookies! I added a 1/2 tsp nutmeg into the mix for a little more spice. The cookies were originally chewy but quickly became hard after I put them in a cookie jar. However, then they become ginger snaps and are fantastic with milk! This was a great, easy recipe that I'll be making again.

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capayne

Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2012

These have become my favorite cookie!

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LOwsley

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2012

Made several dozen of these cookies during holiday season. The teens, the mailman and the hubby devoured them...saying they were the best cookies they had in quite some time. The ginger is definitely the key to this fabulous chewy cookie!

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mandieluck

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2012

These cookies taste sooo delicious.. But mine turned out really flat. I thought I did everything right... Except I made them a little bigger than "walnut-sized." Oops.

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lorieann

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2012

Delicious & chewy! Very easy to make. My kids, who were initially afraid of a cookie featuring molasses, instructed me to put the recipe in the good recipes box. An instant hit!

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Mary

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2012

No. I didn't like these.

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

My great-grandma used to make these when I was little and I've been searching for a recipe that tasted similar to hers. I took others advice and doubled spices, used real butter, and half brown sugar. These were delicious!

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heather

Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2012

I made five batches of these for Christmas 2011. They were delicious! They kind of have a Gingerbread-y taste and smell, but are better than actual ginger bread.

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