Surprised

Deborah G - December 31, 2006 11:06:27 AM PST

I love to bake but with recipes that have little ingredients. I tried these cookies this Christmas and all I can say it that they did not last long - WOW what a surprise at the ease and "flop-proof" of this recipe. Love the taste of chocolate and ginger together. I will make them again but will not wait until Christmas - I will make them sooner.

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yumm...

vien - April 14, 2007 04:09:57 AM PST

it\'s only my second time baking cookies and i\'m surprise how it turn up... its delicious..... my whole family enjoyed it and ask me to bake some more... one things\' for sure, i\'ll sure be baking this cookies again...

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Whoa!!!

James D - April 13, 2007 10:10:43 PM PST

I love semi-sweet chocolate candies and brownies.
I love ginger cakes and candies

Chocolate and ginger together? Mind boggling!

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These will earn you some street cred!

trischley@sbcglobal.net - December 3, 2007 03:18:39 PM PST

I do not bake often or well, but when I do- I really try for something unique and as far from a box mix as possible. I am so glad I found these cookies.

At first, I didn\'t know what to think of them. So very gooey, so chocolatey, and SPICY! There\'s a lot of complex spice and texture in one of these cookies. Mine came out a little crispy on the outside with an explosion of spicy chocolate gooeyness inside. I made them for a cookie exchange. Everyone kept saying that they didn\'t know that I could Bake. Bake with a capital \'B\'. Nice. And they wanted to know what was in them: Are these chunks or chips? Ginger, nutmeg? etc..

Here are my main suggestions- don\'t skimp. Use the best chocolate you can find and don\'t use chips. Chunks really make the cookie. Use fresh ginger like the recipe recommends for the spiciness to really come across. And as far as prep time, start a day in advance, if you get tired being in the kitchen for too long like me. The dough has to cool in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours so, I made the dough one day and let it refrigerate as suggested in the recipe. Then came back the next day to roll the dough and bake the cookies.

p.s. make sure you\'ve got lots of milk.

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Taste even better than they look!

bobbiegoe - November 30, 2007 02:31:25 PM PST

I made these more b/c I was curious than b/c I had any kind of chocolate/ginger craving. Also, I had some fresh ginger to get rid of before I go out of town. I wasn\'t crazy about the dough, so I was concerned about how I\'d like the cookie, but . . . wow! So good! I didn\'t refrigerate for as long as the recipe recommends b/c I didn\'t have the time. Still turned out amazing.

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yummy

Angie - January 22, 2007 10:39:16 PM PST

Just looking at the ingredients makes my mouth water.

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Wait a sec.....

loreleimermaid - August 15, 2009 12:59:04 PM PST

Isn\\'t there more brown sugar? I\\'ve made these before, and I\\'m sure it was one cup, not one tablespoon......
I made them last night, with one cup of brown sugar, and they are so good! Everyone loves them! Even my ex-husband loves them, and he hates ginger!

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our favorite Christmas cookie

Ann - January 16, 2009 12:15:24 PM PST

I make these every year (if not more). I add chopped crystallized ginger for extra zing. Extraordinary! I also substitute a bag of chocolate chips for the chunks. Still great.

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Recipe needs adjustments/clarifications

Pia - December 22, 2008 07:13:48 PM PST

Cutting down to just 1/4 cup molasses and specifically using "mild flavor" molasses and upping the brown sugar to 1/2 cup will hopefully give me a better cookie next time around.

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Delicious!

apgar1010 - December 4, 2008 06:17:33 PM PST

These cookies are amazing. The fresh ginger and chocolate flavors are perfect together. It was pretty simple to make. I didn\'t re-refrigerate the dough balls, but they still came out pretty. I\'ll be making this again!

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Very Flavorful

Liz - December 17, 2007 11:29:59 AM PST

I enjoy the overload of ginger flavor in these cookies. It might be a bit too much for some people. I would consider these molasses cookies kicked up a notch. My teenagers didn\'t like these cookies at all. More for me-yippee!

I will use regular semi-sweet chocolate chips next time. It was very time consuming chopping the chocolate bars and I didn\'t feel it was worth the bother or cost.

This is not a cookies I would make on a regular basis due to the time involved between mixing, chilling, forming, chilling again and then baking.

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Delicious

lilpanda66 - April 14, 2007 11:14:47 AM PST

these cookies were the best i love baking and these cookies are everyone\'s favorite!!! ^.^

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nice!

sharon - January 18, 2007 02:37:41 PM PST

This cookie is yummy!

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chewy chocolate gingerbread cookies

loudmillayousif - June 13, 2007 04:31:53 PM PST

i love these cookies there the bom i baked some for my graduation and gave some to my family and they said did you make these i never knew you could cook like that,.....but i didnt tell them i got it of the computor i just told them that i made them myself dont tell them that..the cookies make you want to eat more every time you eat one its like you get edicted to them thats all i have to say ba
bye


P.S.I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!

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DELICIOUS! Chocolate chips!......

mat - June 6, 2007 07:01:21 AM PST

nice cookies with chocolates creams,i always like chocolates and cakes.but anyway,it\'s delicious.one thing don\'t like about is it is chewy!eating too much can destroy ur teeth.

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yummy

alok l - April 18, 2007 01:33:06 AM PST

i m very thankful to this bcoz my son liked it very much.it is very delicious.

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LOOKS GOOD BUT ... ?

brownsrkevin - April 15, 2007 07:21:23 PM PST

THE COOKIE\'S LOOK GREAT, BUT THE RECIPE HAS FLOUR TWO TIMES -ONE SAID 1 AND ONE HALF CUPS AND THEN 1 TABLE SPOON FULL OF FLOUR....IS THIS RIGHT OR IS THIS A MISPRINT. LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I AM EXCITED TO TRY TO MAKE THEM.

k.brown132@verizon.net or brownsrkevin@yahoo.com


THANK-YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY



P.S.-- I LOVE YOU MARTHA STEWART-XOXOXO

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OFF THE HOOK!

kcooke - April 15, 2007 03:12:03 PM PST

These cookies were the bomb! My wife was very impressed with my ability to prepare something so tasty. We plan on making them again when we have dinner guests.over. It makes the perfect after dinner treat. Try it... your guests/friends will be very impressed!!!

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Serving size??

lola j - April 17, 2007 06:25:49 PM PST

The recipe yields 12 servings and you have the nutrition information per serving, so how many cookies are in a serving?

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