The Gingersnap

[nitrofd]

I love bread pudding and gingersnap cookies so I thought I'd share this recipe in honor of National Gingersnap Day. This is a recipe my grandma made, but I'm sure there are variations all across the Internet. The addition of the bourbon butter sauce is one I modified from a Martha Stewart recipe. Trust me. If Eleanor Rose can make this, so can you.


Gingersnap Bread Pudding:

1 cup dried apricots (store bought package)
½ c. candied ginger, cut into strips or diced
1 tbsp. bourbon
9-10 cups of cubed bread, preferably Challah
2 cups gingersnap cookies, broken into small pieces
5 eggs
3 cups whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
½ cups sugar
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. nutmeg

Bourbon Butter Sauce:

½ c. Butter
1 cup brown sugar
¼ cup bourbon
2 egg yolks

1. Preheat oven to 325°. Butter a 9"x13" baking pan.
2. Combine dried apricots and ginger in a small bowl. Add bourbon, stir. Allow to stand while you prep the rest of the bread pudding, stirring occasionally.
3. In a large bowl, combine Challah bread and 1 cup of gingersnaps. Set aside.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add the soaked apricots and ginger.
5. Pour liquid ingredients over the bread and gingersnaps. Evenly mix (use your hands) and transfer to buttered baking pan. Sprinkle the remaining gingersnaps over the top. Bake until lightly golden and set approximately 55 minutes to 1 hour. Allow to cool for 20-30 minutes before serving.
6. While the bread pudding is baking, make the sauce. Melt the butter in a double boiler (that works best). Add the brown sugar and bourbon, whisk until the sugar has dissolved. Slowly add the egg yolks while whisking. Cook, whisking constantly, until the sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes.

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Pic from Strawberry Plum website

That sounds and looks Yummy.

 

[MaryDee]

Another dunk 'em in milk fan, here!

 

[nitrofd]

Another dunk 'em in milk fan, here!

I have not which one was made for the other,the cookie or the milk.

 

[donna]

Bringing this thread on Gingersnaps back up.

 

[Dusty]

Personally, I prefer these to a regular ginger snap. I get them here in my grocery store. A regular ginger snap does not agree with my taste buds. These have a great molasses flavor and are not as spicy as a ginger snap to me, anyway.

 

[Jimklag]

View attachment 152852 Personally, I prefer these to a regular ginger snap. I get them here in my grocery store. A regular ginger snap does not agree with my taste buds. These have a great molasses flavor and are not as spicy as a ginger snap to me, anyway.

Incidentally, I wonder how many moles have given their lives for a jar of this.

 

[nitrofd]

Incidentally, I wonder how many moles have given their lives for a jar of this.
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you can have all I have so my dog stops bringing me presents every now and then.

 

[Jimklag]

you can have all I have so my dog stops bringing me presents every now and then.

My Lab use to bring chipmunks and baby birds that had fallen out of their nests and she never killed one of them. She was always really surprised when, after she put them on the back porch, they would get up and run away. I can't tell you how many baby birds I returned to nests.

 

[nitrofd]

My Lab use to bring chipmunks and baby birds that had fallen out of their nests and she never killed one of them. She was always really surprised when, after she put them on the back porch, they would get up and run away. I can't tell you how many baby birds I returned to nests.

My labs would catch the baby gopher turtles that we have on the property.they would parade around with them in their mouth as they were hot stuff or something,they never hurt a one of them,always had to bring them back to their burrow.

 

[donna]

Love Gingersnaps. Need to get some for National Gingersnap Day, July 1.

 

[donna]

When saw recent recipe on gingerbread, thought of ginger snaps. Thought bump this thread. They are good anytime not just on their day back in July.

 

[KianGaf]

Are ginger snaps the same as brandy snaps around here. They were very popular at Christmas years ago but it's popularity has waned in recent years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy_snaps

 

[Mrs. V]

Are ginger snaps the same as brandy snaps around here. They were very popular at Christmas years ago but it's popularity has waned in recent years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy_snaps

No, a ginger snap is more like a molasses cookie..crisp and usually quite small, like a vanilla wafer..they are quite good dunked in a cup of hot tea/coffee.

 

[Fairfield]

Are ginger snaps the same as brandy snaps around here. They were very popular at Christmas years ago but it's popularity has waned in recent years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy_snaps

I used to buy brandy snaps from a small bakery in St. Patrick Square in Edinburgh--and loved them. Liked them best without cream filling. Attempts to make them myself have always failed: they require skill and patience: I don't doubt that in today's hurried world, their popularity wanes.

 

[donna]

Brandy snaps look tasty. I have never had them.

 

[Shannon Wolf]

So my grandfather has this Molasses Cookie recipe from the Brier Rabbit Molasses bottle and it made me wonder what the difference between those and Ginger Snaps was and the recipes look identical.
Brer Rabbit Molasses that's a little history on the molasses. Stuffs been around over a 100 years.

This is the Brer Rabbit Recipe Ingredients:

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cups Shortening/Butter
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 cup brer rabbit molasses
• 2 cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon Ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt

These are the Ginger Snap Ingredients:

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 sp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 up margarine or butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 up molasses

The Brer Rabbit Instructions:

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cream Shortening/Butter, Sugar, Egg, and Molasses. Add remaining ingredients and chill for several hours
2. Roll into 1 inch balls and roll in granulated sugar.
3. Place cookie dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes or until the bottom is lightly brown. best if baked until chewy, not crunchy. DONT OVERCOOK

I just checked the Ginger Snap recipe is the same. My head is about to explode. LOL Those molasses cookies have been a tradition in my family for at least 3 or 4 generations. We've been making Ginger Snaps this whole time.

 

[KianGaf]

No, a ginger snap is more like a molasses cookie..crisp and usually quite small, like a vanilla wafer..they are quite good dunked in a cup of hot tea/coffee.

After checking these seem very similar if not the exact same to what is referred to on this side of the pond as a Ginger nut biscuit. They are a staple and are often found in homes as a biscuit to share with friends to accompany a cup of tea. They are delicious and have a lovely hit of ginger.

https://www.goodto.com/recipes/paul-hollywood-s-gingernut-biscuits

 

[Fairfield]

Brandy snaps look tasty. I have never had them.

Then you owe it to yourself to try them! I'd recommend a trip to St. Patrick Square.

 

[Shannon Wolf]

After checking these seem very similar if not the exact same to what is referred to on this side of the pond as a Ginger nut biscuit. They are a staple and are often found in homes as a biscuit to share with friends to accompany a cup of tea. They are delicious and have a lovely hit of ginger.

https://www.goodto.com/recipes/paul-hollywood-s-gingernut-biscuits

The only difference is these use Golden Syrup and I just looked it up. It's light treacle aka molasses. It's fascinating how there can be so many names for the same thing. We've always used the dark or black strap molasses.

 

[donna]

Happy Gingersnap Day, July 1. It is a most delightful cookie.