ginger snap
{{Short description|Biscuit with ginger flavor}}
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| caption = Ginger nut biscuits made by Arnott's Biscuits
| alternate_name = Ginger nut, ginger biscuit
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| type = Biscuit
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| main_ingredient = Powdered ginger, spices (commonly cinnamon and nutmeg)
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A gingersnap,{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gingersnap|title=gingersnap|work=Merriam-Webster online dictionary|access-date=May 4, 2019}} ginger snap, ginger nut,{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ginger_nut|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925020009/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ginger_nut|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2016|title=ginger nut|publisher=Oxford University Press|work=Oxford Living Dictionary|access-date=March 4, 2019
}} or ginger biscuit is a biscuit flavoured with ginger. Ginger snaps are flavoured with powdered ginger and a variety of other spices, most commonly cinnamon, molasses{{Cite web|url=http://www.grandmasmolasses.com/recipes/ginger-snaps/|title=Ginger Snaps - Grandma's Molasses|website=Grandma’s Molasses|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-21|archive-date=2022-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028013551/https://grandmasmolasses.com/recipes/ginger-snaps/|url-status=dead}} and clove.{{cite magazine|first=Abigail Johnson |last=Dodge |title=Ginger Gives Delicious Warmth to Cookies: Ginger Snaps |magazine=Fine Cooking |date=Winter 2006 |number=75 |page=47 |url=https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/ginger-snaps |issn=1072-5121 |publisher=Taunton Press }} There are many recipes.{{Cite web|url=http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/6151/soft-and-chewy-ginger-nuts.aspx|title=Soft and chewy ginger nuts|website=Allrecipes|access-date=2016-05-21}} The brittle ginger nut style is a commercial version of the traditional fairings once made for market fairs now represented only by the Cornish fairing.{{fact|date=December 2020}}
Global terminology
Ginger nuts are not to be confused with pepper nuts, which are a variety of gingerbread, somewhat smaller in diameter, but thicker.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}
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; Europe
Northern European ginger nuts, also called ginger bread or {{Lang|da|brunkage}} in Danish (literally, 'brown cookie'), {{Lang|sv|pepparkakor}} in Swedish, {{Lang|fi|piparkakut}} in Finnish, {{Lang|lv|piparkūkas}} in Latvian,{{cite news |first = Eric |last = Akis |title = Gingery cookies come in many variations |url = https://www.timescolonist.com/life/eric-akis-gingery-cookies-come-in-many-variations-4567593 |newspaper = Times Colonist |date = 2 December 2012 |access-date = 20 May 2017 }} {{Lang|et|piparkoogid}} in Estonian and {{Lang|no|pepperkaker}} in Norwegian (literally, 'pepper cakes'), are rolled quite thin (often under {{convert|3|mm|in|abbr=on}} thick), and cut into shapes; they are smooth and are usually much thinner and hence crisper (and in some cases, more strongly flavoured) than most global varieties. Cloves, cinnamon and cardamom are important ingredients of these, and the actual ginger taste is not prominent. Allspice and cloves have been used to season ginger biscuits.Mattila, Anna-Liisa: Piparikirja. Jyväskylä: Atena, 2001. {{ISBN|951-796-263-0}}.
In 2009, McVitie's Ginger Nuts were listed as the tenth most popular biscuit in the UK to dunk into tea.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/4927255/Chocolate-digestive-is-nations-favourite-dunking-biscuit.html "Chocolate digestive is nation's favourite dunking biscuit"]. The Telegraph. 2 May 2009
; Oceania
In Australia, produced since the 1900s,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47495707 |title="My first favourites for over thirty years: Arnott's Ginger Nut Biscuits" |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=I |issue=43 |location=Australia, Australia |date=31 March 1934 |access-date=11 October 2024 |page=37 |via=National Library of Australia}} Arnott's Biscuits manufactures four different regional varieties of ginger nut to suit the tastes of people in different states.{{cite news |first1 = Lish |last1 = Fejer |first2 = Penny |last2 = Travers |title = Ginger nut: The Aussie biscuit favourite that varies across the country |url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-20/arnotts-ginger-nut-biscuits-differ-across-australia/8533136 |work = ABC News |publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date = 20 May 2017 |access-date = 20 May 2017 }} The darker and more bitter Queensland biscuit is {{convert|8.5|g}} in weight and average about {{convert|6.5|mm}} in thickness, compared to the lighter South Australia biscuit, which is heavier at {{convert|11.7|g}} in weight, and average about {{convert|8.6|mm}} in thickness.
Ginger nuts are the most sold biscuit in New Zealand, normally attributed to its tough texture which can withstand dunking into liquid. Leading biscuit manufacturer Griffin's estimates 60 million of these cookies are produced each year. This has become the title of a book, 60 Million Gingernuts, a chronicle of New Zealand records.{{Cite web|url=http://www.griffins.co.nz/about-griffins/contact-us/faqs|title=FAQs {{!}} Griffin's|website=www.griffins.co.nz|access-date=2016-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405234732/http://www.griffins.co.nz/about-griffins/contact-us/faqs|archive-date=2016-04-05|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvV4t-jTwwgC|title=60 Million Gingernuts: A Book of New Zealand Records|last=Janssen|first=Peter|date=2012-07-31|publisher=Hachette New Zealand|isbn=9781869712884|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.griffins.co.nz/by-name/gingernuts|title=Gingernuts 250g {{!}} Griffin's|website=www.griffins.co.nz|access-date=2016-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513010149/http://www.griffins.co.nz/by-name/gingernuts|archive-date=2016-05-13|url-status=dead}}
; North America
In Canada and the United States, the cookies are usually referred to as ginger snaps. Further, they are generally round drop cookies, usually between {{convert|1/8|and(-)|1/4|in|mm|sp=us|sigfig=1}} thick, with noticeable cracks in the top surface.{{Cn|date=August 2021}}
See also
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- {{anl|Annas Pepparkakor}}
- {{anl|Brandy snaps}}
- {{anl|Cornish fairing}}
- {{anl|Dunking (biscuit)}}
- {{anl|Gingerbread}}
- {{anl|Speculaas}}
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Gingerbread cookies}}
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