A crispy, dark cookie flavored with ginger, molasses, and spices that snaps when you break it.
Compound of 'ginger' and 'snap,' from the Old English 'snæpan' meaning to bite or snap. These cookies became popular in Europe in the 1600s and were often called 'ginger nuts' in Britain.
Gingersnaps were originally hard enough to dunk in tea or coffee, and sailors took them on long voyages because they stayed fresh for months—making them one of history's first 'shelf-stable' snacks!
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