Ginger nut Heart Cookies
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Ginger nut Heart Cookies | Ginger Snap Hearts Recipe | Ginger Heart Biscuits is the recipe for you, if you are a fan of ginger!. Their firm texture makes them one of the best dunkable biscuits. These Ginger Heart Biscuits are incredibly delicious when dipped in tea or coffee.
A Heart-shaped Ginger nut Biscuit is a variation of the traditional gingernut biscuit, but with a distinctive heart shape. This type of biscuit is typically made using ginger and other spices like nutmeg and cinnamon flavored dough. It is rolled out and shaped into little hearts before baking.
I had very much longed to bake gingerbread men cookies, but was too busy to make royal icing for the cookies. Instead, I settled for these Ginger nut Hearts because that’s the flavor and texture that goes with my family. No icing needed , and quick to make! The hot beverages pair beautifully with the spice of Heart Shaped Ginger Snap Cookies.
Why should you make Heart Shaped Ginger nut
- Bursting with flavors.
- Deliciously chewy and crunchy
- Quick and easy to make
- Perfect cookies for dunking into tea, coffee, or milk
- Looks fancy for celebrations and gifting
What are Ginger nut Cookies
Ginger nut cookies are crunchy with a chewy centre, spiced with ginger, cinnamon cloves and nutmeg. They are easy and quick to make. The cookies have ginger as their main ingredient and their signature snap.
Difference between Ginger Biscuit and Gingerbread
Ginger biscuit is a hard biscuit while the gingerbread is thicker and a bit softer and more bread-like.
Ginger nut, gingernuts, ginger snap or ginger biscuit are biscuits flavored with ginger as the main ingredients. In Swedish these ginger nuts are known as pepparkakor , piparkūkas in Latvian, piparkakut in Finnish, and pepperkaker in Norwegian. These are rolled smooth and are usually much thinner and cut into different shapes and are crisper (in some cases, more strongly flavoured). Source: Wikipedia
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Ingredients
For Measurements refer to the RECIPE CARD further below.
- All-purpose flour – also known as refined flour, maida
- Salted butter – In case of unsalted butter, add a pinch of salt.
- Brown sugar – I powdered the brown sugar.
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Treacle – Home made or store bought.
- Milk – Just 1-2 tbsp if needed to bind dough)
- Ginger – spice mixture/powder which is a mixture of dry ginger powder, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, clove powder.
How to Make Heart Shaped Gingernuts At Home with step by step instructions
How to make Ginger nut Dough
1. Firstly, in a mixing bowl sift all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder.
2. To the sifted mixture add ginger-spice powder and mix well.
3. In another bowl take butter. Add brown sugar powder to it and mix lightly. Then add homemade treacle. Again, mix well till well combined.
4. You may use an electric hand mixer till light and creamy. In between scrape the mixture from the sides of the bowl.
5. When the mixture is light and creamy, add the flour mixture in two batches to ensure uniform mixing.
6. Now switch over to using your hands and bring everything together to form a dough. At first it will be a crumbly mixture.
7. If need be use some milk to bring the dough together.
8. Cling wrap and dough and chill in the refrigerator for around twenty minutes.
How to shape and bake Ginger nut Heart Biscuits
9. After 20 minutes, take out the dough from the refrigerator and unwrap it.
10. In the meanwhile, preheat oven to 170°C.
11. Roll out the cookie dough evenly into ¼” thickness. In case the dough is crumbly and sides are splitting, dab some milk and roll. These are small tips that go a long way. Everything comes with practice.
12. Now using a heart shape cookie cutter, cut out heart shape ginger nut cookies.
13. Gently place these cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
14. Bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 10-12 minutes. The bottom of the cookies will be just firm but the top will be soft. Just take them out. They will firm up when in contact with air. Temperatures may slightly vary with individual ovens. (for Gingerbread bake for 8-10 minutes for soft and chewy cookies.)
15. Transfer the cookies on a wire rack to cool completely.
16. Store them in airtight containers.
What to serve with
Enjoy dipping the cookies with freshly brewed Coffee, Kadak Chai or Cardamom Caffe Latte. Serve along side Rustic Chocolate Cake Carrot Orange Loaf Cake or Chocolate muffins.
Tips for perfect Ginger Snap Hearts
- Check the expiry dates of the baking ingredients.
- Instead of treacle, you may use golden syrup or honey.
- Do not bake for more than 10-12 minutes. At this time, the cookies will be soft to touch, but will firm up when kept out.
- For stronger ginger flavor, you may increase ginger powder quantity by half a teaspoon.
- For baking, make sure to leave some gaps in between the cookies
FAQ
My Ginger nut hearts cookies are hard
Constant eyeballing is needed. Stop all work and your eyes focussed to the oven. After 10 minutes into baking, check the cookies. The base should be just firm when nudged. Remember that the cookies continue to brown and cook even after baking.
I do not have a cookie cutter , can I still make Ginger nut cookies
Yes, you can make gingernut cookies without a cookie cutter. Make small balls and slightly flatten them and bake.
How to store Ginger Heart Cookies
Store ginger heart cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
Can I make these cookies with fresh ginger
Yes, you can make it with fresh ginger but make sure that there is not much of ginger juice, as that would ruin the texture of the dough.
Recipe Card
Ginger nut Heart Cookies
Equipment
- Baking Tray
- Cookie Cutter
- mixing bowl
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour maida 130 gm
- ¼ cup salted butter , 50 gm
- 1/3 cup brown sugar powder 75 gm
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp treacle
- 1-2 tbsp milk if needed to bind dough
Ginger – spice mixture/powder
- 1 tsp dry ginger powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp nutmeg powder
- ¼ tsp clove powder
Instructions
How to make Ginger nut Dough
- Firstly, in a mixing bowl sift all-purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- To the sifted mixture add ginger-spice powder and mix well.
- In another bowl take butter. Add brown sugar powder and mix lightly. Then add treacle. Again, mix well till combined. You may use an electric hand mixer till light and creamy. In between scrape the mixture from the sides of the bowl.
- When the mixture is light and creamy, add the flour mixture in two batches to ensure uniform mixing.
- Now switch over to using your hands and bring everything together to form a dough.
- If need be, use some milk to bring the dough together.
- Cling wrap and dough and chill in the refrigerator for around twenty minutes.
How to shape and bake Ginger nut Heart Biscuits
- After 20 minutes, take out the dough from the refrigerator and unwrap it.
- In the meanwhile, preheat oven to 170°C.
- Roll out the cookie dough evenly into ¼” thickness. In case the dough is crumbly, and sides are splitting, dab some milk and roll. These are small tips that go a long way. Everything comes with practice.
- Now using a heart shape cookie cutter, make heart shape ginger nut cookies.
- Gently place these cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 10-12 minutes. The bottom of the cookies will be firm but the tops will be soft. Just take them out. They will firm up when in contact with air. Temperatures may slightly vary with individual ovens.
- Transfer the cookies on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store them in airtight containers.
How to Serve
- Enjoy dipping the cookies with freshly brewed Coffee, Kadak Chai or Cardamom Caffe Latte. Serve along side Rustic Chocolate Cake Carrot Orange Loaf Cake or Chocolate muffins.
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Notes
- Instead of treacle, you may use golden syrup or honey.
- Do not bake more than 10-12 minutes. At this time, the cookies will be soft to touch, but will firm up when kept out.
- For stronger ginger flavor, you may increase ginger powder quantity by half a teaspoon.
- Check the expiry dates of the baking ingredients.
- For baking, make sure to leave some gaps in between the cookies.
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My favourite cookies and they bring so much childhood memories. Enjoy dunking ginger nuts in cold milk. Love the ginger flavour and how easy they are to bake at home.
Yes, dunking cookies are memorable childhood memories. Baking at home is so gratifying.
Ginger nut cookies, oh such an aromatic and flavorsome bake! I can feel the aroma of the festive flavors here! A delish and easy bake!
The aroma of ginger cookies is awesome. Do give it a try.
Hi Neha, these ginger snap cookies look amazing. I love the addition of molasses and shaped into a heart. I will give this a try soon.
Molasses or treacle gives it a signature taste. Do try it.
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The cookies are not only so pretty but delightful to make. I loved having them with a cup of tea.