These Gingerdoodle Cookies are a cross between a chewy gingerbread cookie and a classic snickerdoodle. They’re a totally addictive, festive addition to your Christmas cookie platter. Santa will love them!
Christmas is literally days away, but I just had to bring you this one last cookie recipe that you HAVE to make. They are chewy, spicy and quite possibly my new favorite holiday cookie.
These Gingerdoodle Cookies come together so quickly. In just about 20 minutes, they are done and cooling on the cookie sheet. If you are like me, you are burning your mouth with hot cookies right around the 22 minute mark.
Bonus: these cookies stay super soft and chewy for up to a week if you store them in an airtight container…making them the perfect cookie exchange recipe!
January will be here before we know it and everyone will be back to healthy eating. Before that happens, you must make a batch of these Gingerdoodles!
Looking for more gingerbread recipes? Make sure and check out my Classic Gingerbread Recipe! Or my gorgeous Gingerbread Cake — a big layer cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
What You’ll Need
- All purpose flour
- Cornstarch: This adds chewiness to your cookies.
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Spices: Ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon
- Butter: Use unsalted butter
- Sugar: Brown sugar + granulated sugar
- Molasses
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
Step 1: Preheat oven and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Step 2: Combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the remaining one teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
Step 3: Cream together butter, brown sugar, and remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add molasses, egg and vanilla extract, mixing until well combined.
Step 4: Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, and mix until fully combined.
Step 5: Roll dough into balls and toss in cinnamon sugar mixture. Place on cookie sheets, leaving room for spreading.
Step 6: Bake for 10 minutes, until edges are just set. While warm and just out of the oven, sprinkle tops of cookies with any remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Pro Tip
To really dress them up, I sprinkle any leftover cinnamon sugar on top of the cookies as soon as they come out of the oven. It gives them these gorgeous sparkle tops, but it also adds an extra cinnamon boost.
Once your cookies have cooled completely transfer them to an airtight container and store them on the counter. They will keep for up to a week, but they are best within 3-4 days of baking them!
Can I Freeze These?
Yes you can freeze these Christmas cookies. Let them cool completely, then transfer them to an airtight freezer-safe container or Ziploc bag. They will keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. When you’re ready to eat them just remove the number of cookies you want to enjoy and let them defrost on the counter for an hour or so.
I made four batches and brought them to our friends/family and everyone proclaimed them to be their new favorite! They are a must make on our Christmas cookie list every year.
Head on over to Dixie Crystals to get the full recipe I developed for them by clicking the recipe button below:
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could it work with grated ginger?
Yes, but grated ginger will change the flavor!
I’ve been snacking on these all week. Easy to make and delicious.
Snickerdoodles have cream of tartar. I’m wondering how it would work in this cookie.
Do you happen to have the ingredient gram weights per chance? I haven’t used anything but a kitchen scale to bake in years cause it’s just so much more accurate. Thanks!
Hi Diane, I apologize, but no I do not have the weight measurements.
Is 2 teaspoons baking soda correct? That seems like way too much baking soda for a cookie recipe. Won’t it make the cookies taste metallic and be cake like and not chewy? I really want to make these cookies and hope someone can answer my question. Thank you. 🙂
Hi Mabel, yes, it is correct, 2 teaspoons baking soda. No they do not taste metallic!
I would like to know if using a gluten-free flour mix will make a difference in how these turn out. Will appreciate any help that you can give me.
Hi Shar! My apologies but I have not tried a gluten-free flour mixture yet. However someone did comment they used Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour in this recipe with success. Good luck!
These cookies make awesome s’mores for the camp fire!
We just take two cookies and put them together with a roasted marshmallow and a piece of chocolate! Yummy
That sounds amazing! I need to try that!
Can you use real maple syrup instead of molasses?
You can, but it will not taste like gingerbread. Molasses is needed for that classic flavor, maple syrup will make these cookies flavor profile taste very different!
Hi! I am planning to make these for a cookie exchange party I’m hosing this week– they look DELICIOUS! Any tips on adding a little bit of decoration? Do you think dipping these in white chocolate would pair well? Thanks!!
I think a drizzle of white chocolate would be great!
They taste really good but are horribly flat, not very pretty to look at
Hi Melissa! Are you sure your baking soda is good? With 2 teaspoons baking soda, your cookies should not be horribly flat.
made these but needed more flour spread out more than the picture showed but the taste was great
Dude this is a Gingersnap…. it me already a thing and has a name…
I recently made these Gingerdoodles to take to church for a memorial service, the church secretary and one of the pastors talked me into giving them each one before taking them to the kitchen. They raved over them. I had extras at home as well, I myself and my husband love them. I gave some to my daughter to take home, she asked for the recipe, she loved them. This recipe is a real winner! Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
So glad you all enjoyed them Nancy!
I read somewhere in this article it helps make them chewy
Made these for my husband because he absolutely loves the 2 kinds of cookies separate and said this recipe was amazing. I myself am not a gingerbread cookie fan but I liked these cookies. Thank you for the recipe!
**not my own question, comes from my cousin**
Could you use allspice in them instead of having to buy all the separate spices?
Hi! Allspice is actually a spice made from the dried berries of a plant known as Pimenta dioica. It is very different from cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. I would not recommend using allspice in place of those seasonings.
You could use pumpkin pie spice in place of the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, but I would add the ginger since you want that flavor to stand out.
I found your recipe on Pinterest today and had all the ingredients so I made them. My husband who loves his desserts, said these are the best cookies I’ve ever made. This will be a favorite in our family and will for sure make them again and again and again. Thank You for a wonderful recipe.