Gingersnap Cookies

hey everybody chef bright here with a TVBQ calm and today we are making gingersnaps this is probably one of myfavorite holiday cookies I’m just areally simple ginger molasses cookie andwe are going to make it extra specialwith that barbecue twist by rolling themin the noble Saltworksmaple smokes turbinado sugar we’re gonnastart by adding 8 ounces of butter with625 grams of white sugarwe’ll just cream these together overmedium high speedthis recipe is a little different towhere the sugar content is a littlehigher than normal with the amount ofbutter that we used so it’s not going tocream like other cookie dough battersuntil we start adding the other wetingredients and other mix okay sothere’s not enough moisture in thatbutter to dissolve all the sugars sowe’re gonna start adding our molassesand that’s gonna lend a little moistureand help break down some of that whitesugar that we’ve already started withand this is about 340 grams and just tokeep in mind this is a really big batchof cookie dough so feel free to divideit all in half for a more manageablesizenow I’m also going to add a coupletablespoons of distilled white vinegarand I’m going to give it a scrape herebefore we move on to the otheringredients and I’m going to add threeeggs[Music]stop and give it another good scrape andthen we’re just gonna mix this untilit’s pretty well emulsify so in themeantime let’s sift together our dryingredients okay so I’ve got 795 gramsof all-purpose flour I’m going to add 24grams of baking soda and then I have 8grams of ground ginger 2 grams ofcinnamon 2 grams of cardamom and 2 gramsof ground cloves all right so then we’rejust going to sift it all together herenormally in a cookie recipe I would adda little bit of salt but there’s quite abit of baking soda which is gonna lendthat salty flavor so I’m not worriedabout it too muchalright now I’m just gonna do anotherlittle scrape alright it’s important toscrape along the way cuz you want tomake sure you don’t have any patches ofanything and out of place that will makeyour cookie be really uneven in the endalright now we’re ready for our dryingredients then we’re going to startslow[Music]all right that’s what we’re looking forjust for the dough to come togetherwe’re gonna impart some really greatsmokey flavor with this smoked mapleturbinado sugar from noble Salt Worksand we’re just gonna roll our cookiedough around in there and you can usewhatever cookie scoop you have but thisis just so happens to be 2 tbsp cookiescoop just roll it around and thentransfer it to the sheet pan and we’lljust continue this process until we haveabout 12 cookies on the sheet panthese are going to spread out quite abit so it’s important to give them theproper spacing that they need to allowthat to happennow we’re ready to go out to the smokerso today we’re cooking on the YX 40sI’ve got a preheated to 350 degrees andI’m going to show you the idealplacement for your cookies I’m gonna putthis on the bottom shelfaway from that heat source and that’sgoing to give us a great amount of heatclose to the bottom of the pan so theseare gonna spread out and brown on thebottom but because of the way the airworks through here we’re not gonna see alot of browning on the top so we’ll justhave to keep an eye on the texture ofthe cookie when it’s finishedso they’ve been on for about 12 minutesnow they’ve risen just a little bitspread out quite nicely and they havethese wonderful fissures or cracks onthe surface they’re perfect while thesewere baking I went ahead and scooped therest of the cookie dough batter and gota total of about 80 cookies so we’reexpecting a lot of people to come overall right now let’s just see how theselook on the inside they should be alittle chewy a little moist aisle theylook perfect all right let’s get a tastethese are delicious I really like howchewy they are that’s probably myfavorite is the texture you can get thatslight smokiness from cooking them outon the yoader smoker you’re also gettingthat from the obviously the turbinadosugar we rolled them in but if you getthe perfect bake on them they’re justgonna have a little bit of crunchinesson the outside with the tender chewycenter and it’s just great well thanksagain for joining me today if you guyslike what you see head on over 280 BB qcom2 check out all of the tools that weuse today and if you want to see morerecipes from me head on over 280 BB qcomm slash the sauce and Happy Holidayswe’ll see you next time I’m gettingbetter you’re getting better at this