![]() ![]() ![]() Further, they are generally round drop cookies, usually between 1⁄ 8 and 1⁄ 4 inch (3–6 mm) thick, with prominent cracks in the top surface. In Canada and the United States, the cookies are usually referred to as ginger snaps. In Australia, Arnott's Biscuits manufactures four different regional varieties of ginger nut to suit the tastes of people in different states. This has become the title of a book, 60 Million Gingernuts, a chronicle of New Zealand records. Leading biscuit manufacturer Griffin's estimates 60 million of them are produced each year. Ginger nuts are the most sold biscuit in New Zealand, normally attributed to its tough texture which can withstand dunking into liquid. In 2009, McVitie's Ginger Nuts were listed as the tenth most popular biscuit in the UK to dunk into tea. Ginger nuts are not to be confused with pepper nuts, which are a variety of gingerbread, somewhat smaller in diameter, but thicker. The brittle ginger nut style is a commercial version of the traditional fairings once made for market fairs now represented only by the Cornish fairing. Ginger snaps are flavored with powdered ginger and a variety of other spices, most commonly cinnamon, molasses and clove. Powdered ginger, spices (commonly cinnamon and nutmeg)Ī gingersnap, ginger snap, ginger nut, or ginger biscuit is a biscuit flavored with ginger. Ginger nut biscuits made by Arnott's Biscuits
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