Combine vanilla, eggs, and egg white in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife.
Combine the flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a medium bowl.
Add flour mixture, chocolate minichips, and crystallized ginger to egg mixture; stir mixture until well-blended. Divide dough in half, and turn out onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Shape each portion of dough into a 12-inch-long roll; flatten to 1/2-inch thickness.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
Remove rolls from baking sheet; cool rolls for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
Cut each roll diagonally into 18 (1/2-inch) slices.
Place slices, cut sides down, on baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Turn cookies over; bake an additional 10 minutes (cookies will be slightly soft in center but will harden as they cool).
Remove from baking sheet; cool completely on wire racks.