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Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Hi friends! Happy Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or Eat-Chocolate-and-Watch-Netflix-in-Your-Underwear-Day…whichever you observe. Since eggs are crazy expensive—and kind of hard to find—right now, here’s a sweet treat you can make for the holiday that doesn’t require a single egg: Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies! Fudgy, Decadent…and Vegan! I love a chocolate crinkle cookie. In fact, I made a similar cookie for Valentine’s Day five years ago (these Chocolate Mint Snowball Cookies). And I made a spiced version for the holidays a couple of years ago (these Spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookies). However, both of those require butter and eggs. You can put those ingredients away for this one, but that doesn’t mean we’re…
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Top 10 Northern Ginger Recipes of 2024
Happy New Year, y’all! It’s been a great year on the blog, and I’m grateful to have so many of you baking along with me! While you explored dozens of recipes here last year, there were a few that stood out from the rest. Here are your favorite Northern Ginger recipes from 2024! 10. Homemade Dark Chocolate Marshmallows Soft, decadently chocolatey jumbo-sized homemade marshmallows. Perfect for elevated s’mores, extra chocolatey cocoa, or simply snacking. Get the recipe here: https://northernginger.com/homemade-dark-chocolate-marshmallows/ 9. Northern Ginger Cookies My signature cookie — a soft maple ginger cookie spiked with espresso and dipped in a maple espresso glaze. It’s like a spiced maple latte in cookie…
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My 12 Favorite Holiday Cookie Recipes
I’m knee-deep in my holiday baking right now. Every year, I do a ton of baking in December, then box everything up for gifts for my friends and fam. It’s great — everyone gets to enjoy some delish cookies, and who needs more stuff, anyway? As I was baking the other day, I thought it was high time I put together a post with all my faves. There are so many great cookie recipes to choose from on this site, but these are my top 12 favorite holiday cookie recipes. See if you can’t find something to add to your cookie tray this year! 1. Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies From my…
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Comfort Cookies [a.k.a., Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies With Toffee and Sea Salt]
This week while I was stress baking on Election Day, I accidentally made the best cookies of my life. (One of very few good things that came from that day, IMO). Since the world is a stressful place for a lot of us right now, I thought we could all use some comfort in cookie form. Thus, I decided to call these cookies Comfort Cookies. Chocolatey, Salty, Buttery Comfort This is a recipe I’ve been working on for a while, but it just wasn’t quite right. It was missing something. This time around, I had a bunch of homemade toffee bits taking up counter space (left over from testing these…
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Soft and Chewy Monster Cookies
Halloween is almost here and I’m so excited. I moved into my new house last February, so I finally have a porch to decorate. Plus, judging by the number of neighborhood kids running around, I think there’s a good chance I’ll actually have trick-or-treaters this year! And even though my first jack-o-lantern in decades ended up becoming squirrel food (if you’ve seen my Instagram stories, you’ve seen the results 🎃 🐿️), I’m not daunted. I picked up some more decorations and Halloween candy, and came up with this delishhh Soft and Chewy Monster Cookies recipe to drown my sorrows in. Soft, Chewy, Peanut Buttery…a Classic Monster Cookie I’m going to…
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Cherry and Toffee Oatmeal Cookies
A while ago, someone I follow on Instagram posted a cookie they got at a bakery somewhere…and that cookie had oatmeal, cherries, and toffee in it. Now, I can’t remember for the life of me when that was, who posted it, or what bakery it was from, but that cookie got stuck in my brain and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. So, naturally, I had to make my own. That’s where these Cherry and Toffee Oatmeal Cookies came from. And if you think that flavor combo sounds as good as I do, you’re in the right place! A New Fall Favorite When we think of fall, the usual flavors…
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Northern Ginger Cookies
This week marks five years since I hit “publish” on my first blog post! When I started this blog, I honestly thought I might do it for a year or two. But five years in, I’m still loving it and have no intention of stopping. To celebrate five years of baking and blogging fun, I decided to create a signature cookie recipe: one that reflects not only the name of my blog, but also the cozy vibes of this beautiful place I call home (and some of my favorite flavors). Everyone give a warm welcome to Northern Ginger Cookies! A New Kind of Ginger Cookie Northern Ginger Cookies are soft…
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Top 10 Northern Ginger Recipes of 2023
There’s nothing I love more than looking back at the recipes you all have made the most throughout the year. It’s fascinating to me to see which recipes you liked the most vs the ones I thought would be the most popular (I’m often wrong, though I’m getting better at guessing!) This list has decidedly more chocolate than last year’s, and I couldn’t be happier about that. Anyway, without further ado, here are the 10 most popular Northern Ginger recipes from the past year. #10: Mud Pie Cake Coming in at #10 is Mud Pie Cake. This chocolate-lover’s dessert has layers of deeply chocolatey cake (adapted from Ina Garten’s famous Beatty’s Chocolate…
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Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Originally published March 2019; Updated Dec 2023 Soft, buttery, a little tangy, and slathered with a thick layer of creamy frosting: my list of what makes a perfect sugar cookie. You know those soft sugar cookies you find in most grocery store bakeries with the crazy thick layer of sugary frosting? Like those, only more buttery, less plastic-tasting (you know it’s true), and made with ingredients I can pronounce. These Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookies are the closest I’ve come to those infamous grocery store cookies. Soft, Satisfying, and Perfect for Holiday Baking! These cookies are on the softer side, but they still have a slight firmness that makes them…
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Holiday Gift Guide: Cookie Lover’s Gift Guide
Happy holidays everyone! Here’s a new gift guide for you holiday shopping needs — this one’s all for the cookie bakers in your life. From baking sheets to cookie cutters, cookie cookbooks, and more, this cookie lover’s gift guide has gift ideas for all your baking friends. (Note: None of the items I’m sharing are paid advertisements — these are the tools I actually use and love!) Cookie Sheets A good cookie sheet (or sheet pan/baking sheet) is one of the most important tools in your cookie toolbox. The cookie sheet you use can make a big difference in how your cookies bake. For example: a dark-colored baking sheet will…
Recipes and Musings from the Zenith City
