Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

I love ginger spiced treats. Whether it’s Banana Gingerbread with Ginger Icing, Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffins or even my Triple Ginger Pound Cake, I always enjoy a piece of something gingery as a treat with a cup of tea or coffee.

My Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies are one of my favourite choices. They are by far the favourite cookie around our house at Christmas, although I generally start making them about October and don’t stop until the early days of spring!

As you bite into my Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies, the sugar crusted coating gives way to a tender cookie beneath. These soft, chewy cookies have a deep gingerbread flavour highlighted with a hint of orange that makes them absolutely irresistible.

I’ve been making these Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies for over five years now. My husband takes them to work, my son shares them with friends and I’m often asked to bring them to holiday parties. They are perfect with a glass of milk or a hot drink. Some folks even like them with a wee nip of whiskey!

Originally blogged as Orange Gingerbread Cookies back in 2011, the name has somehow evolved over the years to Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies. It isn’t clear who started it – although I suspect it was my son. The name suits these sugar crusted crinkly cookies so well, I just went with it! (As you can see elsewhere in this post, my photographs have improved from the above, taken in 2011!)

Easy to make and even easier to eat, these Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies are seriously addictive and are sure to become a family favourite round your house too!

Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies Recipe

Inspired by Gingerbread Cookies from Prairie Story

Ingredients:

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar plus ¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup molasses
1 egg
the grated rind of one orange
2¼ cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1½ teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
pinch of salt

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C or 165°C for fan ovens).
Cream the butter, brown sugar and ½ cup white sugar together in an electric mixer.
Scrape down the bowl with a spatula, and beat in the molasses and egg followed by the orange rind.
Remove the bowl from the electric mixer.
The mixture may look a bit curdled at this point but don’t worry, it’s fine.
Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt together and then gradually mix into the wet ingredients with the mixer on low speed. Scrape down the bowl from time to time. Blend thoroughly but don’t over-mix.
At this point you can chill the mixture to make it easier to roll into balls. I like to put it in the fridge for about an hour, but if you are in a hurry you can roll them up straight away. The dough is just a bit stickier.
Put the ¼ cup sugar in a small,open bowl.
Roll the cookie mixture into small balls about one inch in diameter, and then roll each ball in the sugar.
Place the balls on ungreased cookie sheets, leaving a bit of space between each cookie for them to spread.
Bake for 10 minutes. Be careful not to overcook or the cookies will become too crisp.
Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for five minutes before removing them carefully.
Cool on wire racks.
Cookies will keep in an airtight container for 4 or 5 days. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

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Orange Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

 

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Cook time

10 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Serves: 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar plus ¼ cup white sugar
• ¼ cup molasses
• 1 egg
• the grated rind of one orange
• 2¼ cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1½ teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C or 165°C for fan ovens).
2. Cream the butter, brown sugar and ½ cup white sugar together in an electric mixer.
3. Scrape down the bowl with a spatula, and beat in the molasses and egg followed by the orange rind.
4. Remove the bowl from the electric mixer.
5. The mixture may look a bit curdled at this point but don't worry, it's fine.
6. Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt together and then gradually mix into the wet ingredients with the mixer on low speed. Scrape down the bowl from time to time. Blend thoroughly but don't over-mix.
7. At this point you can chill the mixture to make it easier to roll into balls. I like to put it in the fridge for about an hour, but if you are in a hurry you can roll them up straight away. The dough is just a bit stickier.
8. Put the ¼ cup sugar in a small,open bowl.
9. Roll the cookie mixture into small balls about one inch in diameter, and then roll each ball in the sugar.
10. Place the balls on ungreased cookie sheets, leaving a bit of space between each cookie for them to spread.
11. Bake for 10 minutes. Be careful not to overcook or the cookies will become too crisp.
12. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for five minutes before removing them carefully.
13. Cool on wire racks.
14. Cookies will keep in an airtight container for 4 or 5 days.

Notes

Adapted from a recipe by Alison of Prairie Story.

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