Soft Ginger Cookies
Total Time: 25 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup walnuts (optional) or 1 cup pecans (optional)
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 350.
- 2 sift together dry ingredients, spices, and salt. set aside.
- 3 in a mixing bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- 4 beat in egg just until incorporated. then add molasses and water.
- 5 slowly combine wet and dry ingredients.
- 6 using a small kitchen scoop, drop dough into 1/4 cup of sugar to coat. (work out any shape issues after being coated with sugar! the dough is too sticky otherwise.)
- 7 drop onto ungreased cookie sheet and, if desired, press one walnut or pecan into the top of each cookie. bake 8 to 10 minutes. do not overbake.
- 8 transfer to wire rack to cool before storing.
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