Gingersnaps are a type of cookie, or biscuit, that are also known as ginger nuts and ginger biscuits.
The main flavouring of gingersnaps is, not surprisingly, ginger. Ginger is a spice that comes from the rhizome of the ginger plant. Other spices may also be used in the cookies, such as nutmeg and cinnamon.
There are many different recipes for the biscuits, and there are many regional variations, predominately in the Baltic countries, the US and the countries of the former British Empire. The US variety tend to be drop cookies, and round, but there are other shapes. Round is one of the most common, but Scandinavian varieties, and other Baltic countries, tend to be cut into shapes, and also thin, whilst the US variety is much thicker. US gingersnaps can also have maple syrup added to them.
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