Recipe courtesy of FoodBat.
This recipe is part of The Food Channel’s Virtual Cookie Exchange.
Cranberry Ginger Gems Recipe. These Cranberry Gingerbread Gems are a Baking Day favorite of mine, and one which I always associate with this time of year. In the past few years I’ve adapted the cookie to be smaller, crisp, and even more addictive – I usually put ten or so in a small cellophane bag with a ribbon to give to co-workers.
These cookies have a grown-up twist, maximizing spice and using blackstrap molasses, which comes from the third boiling of cane sugar and is a darker, bitter cousin to the usual. I roll my Gems in Ludy’s Ginger Brew Salabrat , which can be found in Asian markets in the tea section.
If you can’t find Ginger Brew, white sugar mixed with a bit of ground ginger will work.