Peanut Butter Ginger Cookies

What could possibly be better than peanut butter cookies? How about… Peanut Butter Ginger Cookies? These cookies are our new favorite addiction. They give you all the salty-sweet pleasure of peanut butter cookies with just that extra *zing* of ginger.

Adding Ginger to Cookies

Similar to the Triple Ginger Cookies we made recently, there are plenty of ways you can add a ginger flavor to cookies. Of course there’s your typical powdered ginger you’ll find on your spice rack. But there’s also fresh ginger, which is going to give you an extra boost of ginger-y flavor. To grate it, you gently peel off the outside brown “skin,” and then use a rasp to get super-fine shreds.

Knobs of fresh ginger

(Note that you don’t want to add too much grated fresh ginger (it will add more moisture to the dough).

If you truly want to go all-out with your ginger flavor, you can use a liquid ginger extract. (It’s similar to vanilla extract, but its’ ginger). You can buy ginger extract online here.

Using Crystallized Ginger

Crystallized ginger (which is sometimes called candied ginger), is really the “icing on the cake” in this situation. (We get ours in these nice little packets of crystallized ginger from Melissa’s Produce.) Crystallized ginger is essentially fresh ginger boiled in a sugar syrup, then dried out and coated with sugar.

People use it as a garnish or in pies, sauces, baked goods, and even as a topping or flavoring in savory dishes. Remember that a little goes a long way, so don’t use too much or it will overwhelm your dish.

Peanut Butter Ginger Cookies Recipe

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Don’t these look like a delicious treat for cold, clammy weather? Or even as on-the-go treat during nice weather? Let us know if you give them a try!