5 minutes per batch
Cigarette-shaped ginger snap cookies
Form cigarettes-shaped cookies by laying the edge of the cookie on a stick or the handle of a wooden spoon. Roll loosely. Forming ginger snap cookies
Form cookies by laying them on a rolling pin. Let cool for 3 to 4 minutes before removing.
Form tulip-shaped cookies by laying a cookie on an upside-down glass and pressing lightly. Tulips can be filled with ice cream or sorbets.
To form a shape with the cookie requires that the cookie is warm to the touch, but still malleable. If you have waited too long and the cookies have lost their flexibility, return to the oven for 30 seconds.
Using two baking sheets makes for much faster work. After placing a first sheet in the oven, prepare a second one immediately. While the second sheet of cookies is in the oven, you can work on forming the shapes of the first sheet.
