Description
These chewy ginger molasses cookies bring all the cozy holiday vibes in every soft, spiced bite. They bake up with crackly tops, warm molasses flavor, and that perfect chew that keeps everyone reaching for just one more.
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus extra for rolling the cookies
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup unsulphured molasses
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment, and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, and fine sea salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together unsalted butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add the molasses and egg, mixing until well combined.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- Add the extra sugar to a shallow plate.
- Use a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out the dough.
- Roll the dough ball in the sugar, and place all of the cookies onto the parchment lined baking sheet.
- Chill dough balls for at least 2 hours.
- When ready to bake, add cookies to the parchment covered baking sheet, 2-3 inches apart. Move the extra cookies to another parchment lined baking sheet, or a plate if you need to bake the cookies in batches.
- Bake 8-10 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet.
- Move the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8-10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 10.9 g
- Sodium: 135.8 mg
- Fat: 6.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 20.1 g
- Fiber: 0.4 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg