Ginger Snaps

So, our first New Year's in Mpls, Josh had to work all day. I stayed home and made him gingersnap cookies from scratch as a surprise since he always talked about eating gingersnaps with his grandmother as a boy.

I remember having to buy molasses for the first time. It was so dark and gooey. And, I think the bottle is still in my cupboard (probably expired by now).

The recipe I used called for half of the cookie to be dipped in melted white chocolate chips. I thought they looked really cute, but Josh didn't care for the white chocolate as much. They were kind of hard, too...but I think gingersnaps are not a soft cookie...I don't know...

I thought they tasted ok, but...yes, here's to another recipe that hasn't been duplicated since. Are you noticing a pattern here...?

The picture is me with the cookies and our sparkling apple juice that we toasted to welcome in 2006. (Neither of us like champagne!)