275115 Sun Nov 28 16:14:07 -0800 2004 5 31 Home Cooking 0 1448526 Baking cookies isn't normally my thing, but around this time I get an urge to make gingerbread cookies. (I prefer "make" as opposed to "buy" as I love the gingerbread smell that permeates the house.) Last year I discovered a really good mix at Williams Sonoma that even my baker friends gave a thumbs up to (and blew away my grandma's recipe I was using). This year WS isn't carrying the mix. Can anyone point me towards a replacement? Recipe, cookbook, mail order mix source??? Thanks! Brian Sun Nov 28 16:14:07 -0800 2004 0 Brian 1 1448527 Are your gingerbread cookies more cakey? A recipe for gingersnap cookies: http://www.downtownbakery.net/ Sun Nov 28 16:21:54 -0800 2004 1448526 0 Cynthia 2 1448531 I would not call them cakey. They had a definite snap when you broke them and were somewhat dense. Out of curiousity, what is the difference between gingerbread and gingersnap cookies? Semantics or something more? Sun Nov 28 16:42:13 -0800 2004 1448527 0 Brian 3 1448549 I think in general people think of a softer, chewier cookie as a gingerbread cookie, and a thin, crisp cookie as a gingersnap. David Lebovitz has a good gingersnap recipe in his Room for Dessert cookbook. Alice Medrich has a good ginger cookie recipe in her cookie cookbook - she gives baking times based on the texture you want, including crisp on the outside and soft on the inside! Sun Nov 28 19:52:23 -0800 2004 1448531 0 meta 1 1448535 The linked recipe is really easy to work with. Read the comments - they'll help you get the texture you want from this recipe. Sun Nov 28 17:11:08 -0800 2004 1448526 0 Caitlin McGrath 1 1449310 A few days ago on aol right when you log on where the days headlines are, was a recipe for "The Perfect Man" it was a gingerbread recipe. If anybody saw that and could tell me the site to go to to find it, or maybe got the recipe I would love to hear from you. Thank You Jeannie Wed Dec 08 23:21:13 -0800 2004 1448526 0 Jeannie