A hard, round spiced cookie flavored primarily with ginger, traditionally dunked in tea or coffee.
Compound of 'ginger' (the spicy rhizome plant) and 'nut' (possibly referring to the hardness or shape of the cookie resembling a nut). British term dating to the 19th century.
Gingernuts are perfectly designed for dunking—British tea culture developed these hard, ginger-spiced biscuits specifically because they could soak up tea for exactly the right amount of time before softening and falling into your cup.
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