Best Ginger Sparklers Recipes

GINGER SPARKLERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Soften butter or margarine in microwave. Mix it together with molasses and eggs.
• Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients. Dough will be very dense.
• Pick up tsp sized ball of dough and roll into a ball in your hands.
• Roll rounded ball into extra sugar to coat.
• Place balls of dough on baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 F for 15 minute Cookies may seem crisp when they come out of the oven, but once removed from cookie sheet and stored they should be soft.

APPLE-GINGER SPARKLERS

Steps:

• Place 2 tablespoons ginger syrup in each of six glasses. Fill glasses with ice cubes, pour in cider, and stir to combine. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and fresh ginger, and serve.

POMEGRANATE-GINGER SPARKLERS

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, 1 cup water and the ginger in a saucepan over medium-low heat; allow to come to a gentle simmer, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
• Remove from the heat and let the ginger syrup cool to room temperature. Strain the syrup and discard the ginger.
• Pop open the bubbly and grab a couple of champagne flutes. Divide the pomegranate molasses between the flutes, then add about 2 tablespoons of the ginger syrup to each. Top with the bubbly. Clink glasses and enjoy! (Store the remaining ginger syrup in the fridge. You can drizzle it into seltzer the rest of the week.)

GINGER SYRUP FOR APPLE GINGER SPARKLERS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the sugar, ginger, and 1 cup water to a boil. Cool completely, about 1 hour; strain. Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to 1 week.