No, not the Mango as played by Chris Kattan on SNL for many seasons. I'm talking about these tasty guys:
A couple of months ago I moved into a new apartment with three mango trees on its property. The biggest and most fruitful tree is right outside my bedroom window, so I have the pleasure of hearing them drop from the branches and hit my roof with a *thud.* Now that it's the peak of mango season, this happens constantly - especially during rain and wind storms! So, what do I do with them? Well, to be honest I usually have to throw them away because I can't eat them fast enough! Or, I have to convince the neighbors to take some. Either way, I'm growing tired of the waste so I'm now looking into delicious mango recipes! I'm past the whole mango salsa trend - although I will admit it's my favorite kind of salsa - and various methods of baking mangoes into bread mixes.
That's why this recipe got me super excited: MANGO GINGERSNAPS (as based on a recipe from The Great Mango Book by Allen Susser). All you need are 9 ingredients and 45-60 minutes of prep & cooking time. Sounds super easy! Plus, I already have most of the ingredients; just need a couple more things before I start! Will update after baking :)
UPDATE: So, the cookies do take a little bit of elbow grease but I ended up making HALF the recipe and baking 50+ cookies! Granted they were teaspoon-ful scoops of batter, but it was definitely worth it! They didn't turn out with a huge mango flavor, and they didn't even exactly *snap* like gingersnaps. However, I would recommend this recipe and add to it (Of course... You know me, always gotta change it up!):
Sprinkle nutmeg and cinnamon over the batter balls before baking - they come out beautifully!
Thanks for dropping by my blog! I adore mangoes and we get so many of them. This recipe looks amazing. One of my favourite recipes used to be a kind of mango smoothy/whip style dessert. Yum!
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