I’ve provided a list of spices as a substitution. It’s okay if you don’t have gingerbread spice. These Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies have 11 spices in the gingerbread spice mix. Oatmeal cookies have some cinnamon and sometimes ginger in there. What do Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies taste like? Maybe pecans or walnuts? Actually, that sounds pretty good. I would think golden raisins or currents would be a good addition. Feel free to stir in some nuts or fruits. A final stir of the oats finishes the dough. When you add that first bit of the flour mixture that gingerbread spice will waft up from the mixer. That goes into the butter mixture a little at a time. I combine all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir it with a whisk. Molasses brings out the richness and flavor of the spices and makes the cookies a rich brown color. No, there’s no molasses in oatmeal cookies. You cream the butter and shortening (or use all butter if you want) with both sugars together. Just like a regular oatmeal cookie with a few adjustments. How do you make Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies? So, it’s not that uncommon for black pepper to be in cookies. They’re slightly spicy but not too much that you can’t eat them. Piparkokur has black pepper in there in a larger ration than the black pepper in my spice mix. There’s a Scandinavian cookie made with black pepper. And when it’s super cold outside, maybe that little bit of black pepper will warm you up. But it’s there that adds a little warmth when you bite into these cookies. So, you can see it’s not a lot in the grand scheme of things. It’s a quarter teaspoon against 3 tablespoons of cinnamon in my gingerbread mix. There’s not enough in my recipe to make the mix too warm. You don’t have to add in the black pepper. I talked all about cardamom in my post yesterday. The mace has a warmer profile and might be too warm for some with sensitive palette. Mace is the lacy coating, the aril, surrounding the nutmeg seed. Star anise are the seed pods of the Illicium verum which is grown in Vietnam and southwest China. It does not taste like cilantro in the slightest. In gingerbread spice, all 5 of these play a key role and not just supporting the cinnamon.įor a more authentic German gingerbread spice, there’s 5-6 more spices you add to round out the delicious flavor.Ĭoriander, for those that don’t know, are the seeds of the plant that also produces cilantro. ![]() Pumpkin spice has predominately cinnamon in there and the rest of the spices are just accompaniment. These 5 are also in pumpkin pie spice, but it’s the amount of each that makes them different. Anyway, there’s 5 basic spices that go into gingerbread spice: I guess everyone just wants pumpkin spice. I find it interesting that McCormick doesn’t have gingerbread spice mix. And whether you want a standard gingerbread spice or a more authentic German variety. ![]() It really depends on your flavor profile as to what you put in there. Sort of like different versions of curry or masala. There are many different recipes for gingerbread spice. ![]() The hag comes out of a gingerbread house. They were decorated with foil and gold leaf and became even more popular after the Brothers Grimm wrote Hansel and Gretel. She had them decorated to resemble dignitaries visiting her court. They’re cut into animal shapes, but it’s Queen Elizabeth I that is credited with decorating them. By this time these cookies aren’t decorated. Somewhere between the 5th and 15th centuries, aka Middle Ages, these cookies became a popular fair at fairs. Since ginger was cultivated mostly in China, they had their own version around the 10th century. That’s a lone time ago! With the explorers and the spice trade, eventually the recipe spread. The first recipe for gingerbread is from Greece about 2400 BC. I know I’ve talked about it before, but I just thought I’d do a recap of events. Since I can’t find anything in history talking about gingerbread spice itself, I figured it probably evolved with the creation of gingerbread itself. So, of course I had to research and figure out how to make my own. ![]() One whiff of this spice blend and I was in love. How have I not known about this before? This puts pumpkin spice to shame. In one of the packages, I received gingerbread spice. If you know anything about me, you will know how much I love fresh spices. I have several of their pouches to go through. Small batch, freshly blended, and oh so delicious. They would send 3 to 4 packets of spices a month. Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies a combination of two of my favorite cookies! Gingerbread and oatmeal! Made with homemade gingerbread spice, they’re packed with seasonal spices and delicious oats.
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