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Elissa Bernstein of 17 and Baking: Perfect Gingersnaps

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Love baking? Elissa Bernstein, 17, from Seattle is already an expert at it. This baking Betty created a blog, 17 and Baking, to document her awesome adventures in the kitchen. Her culinary tales are amusing and totally relatable. Plus, she includes pictures of her awesome creations (we're hungry just from looking at 'em). (Psst! Check out GL's recent article on Elissa Bernstein for even more info!)

This holiday season we're bringing you some of Elissa's fave recipes. What a great prezzie to give to friends and fam or a way to impress your guests at every holiday bash!

Check out this recipe for Perfect Gingersnaps (a.k.a. Elissa's "favorite cookies") Read more about Perfect Gingersnaps on Elissa's blog.

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Perfect Gingersnaps
Makes 5 dozen 2″ cookies

What You'll Need:

2 cups all purpose flour 

2 tsp baking soda

 2 tsp ground cinnamon 

2 tsp ground ginger 

1 tsp ground cloves

 Pinch of salt 

1 cup packed light brown sugar 

1/4 cup molasses 

3/4 cup canola oil 

1 large egg 

Sugar for rolling (Elissa likes evaporated cane juice or raw sugar)

What You'll Do:

Whisk together the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt in a medium bowl. In another bowl, combine together the brown sugar, molasses, canola oil, and egg until smooth. Mix the flour mixture into the brown mixture, stirring until dough comes together. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop up bits of dough by the heaping teaspoonful and roll into balls between your palms, about the size of a quarter. Roll the balls in sugar and place on the baking sheets 2 inches apart. Bake 8 minutes–if you like crispy gingersnaps, try 9-10 minutes.

Cookies will be very soft but will firm up. Leave on the baking sheet several minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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I'm drooling right now...these look AMAZING!!!! Does this make a smiley face with it's tongue out? :}

by cats-r-the-best on 8/5/2010 10:27:36 PM

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i have a hugge problem. ok so i was going out with an abouslutly amazing guy untill yesterday but his parents made us break up since im 15 and hes turning 17 nextweek (a freshman& a junior) well my dad doesnt like him cause hes older and he just got permission today for us to start dating again cause i can be my whole complete self around him and i dont ever feel like hed pressure me to do anything cause hes told me and his parents he wouldnt. well my dad doesnt like him cause he thinks his parents still dont want us to date, and he doesnt know cause i just found this out when i probably shouldnt have had my phone. well hes mixed and im white and he keeps saying that id cause problems for us in the future even though i really really dont care at all and hes using the excuse that his parents dont want us to date as an excuse for not giving him a chance like he promised. well i really really really really like him but he said theres some law or somthinging in our state (illinois) that an 18 year old couldnt date a 16 year old. isnt that ok if we just like kiss and dont do anything else? also i need help on loosining my dad up cause hes got like some issues about him being a football player even though i know him and people have told me hes a great guy and not some stuck up guy trying to get some from as many girls as possible. pleaase help me. he means so much to me.

Hey girl! You should just explain everything to your parents and then maybe you guys can up with a compromise so that you can date him.

Eryn G.

by endurancebabe18 on 12/24/2009 3:38:00 AM

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by thealphacouncil on 12/21/2009 4:51:19 PM

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I don't have the canola oil used in this recipe, would vegetable oil work?

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by soccer28q on 12/19/2009 11:19:57 AM

My mom makes cookies alomost exactly like these.It's so good!

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