Ginger Molasses Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Christmas, North American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 25

Servings: cookies

Calories: 119.34kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Prepared with classic Christmas ingredients like ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, Ginger Molasses Cookies flood the senses with thoughts and memories of home. These extra large, soft cookies are loaded with Christmastime flavour!

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Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1 large egg
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup turbinado sugar

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees, and be sure the rack is set to the middle position. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy using a hand-held mixer.
Add the molasses and egg. Beat well to combine.
Add the dry ingredients in this order: flour, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt.
On low speed, use your mixer to incorporate all of the ingredients. Don't over mix, just until the white of the flour disappears.
Portion the cookie dough into 2 tablespoon mounds. Roll the mounds into a ball and then roll each ball into the turbinado sugar. Place on the baking sheet leaving a 3 inch space between each cookie.
Bake one sheet of cookies at a time for 10-12 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool for five minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to continue the cooling process.

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