Soft Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, ginger, soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. set aside.
• 2 beat butter 30 seconds, until soft.
• 3 add sugar and beat until fluffy.
• 4 add egg and molasses and beat well.
• 5 add 1/2 the flour mixture and stir in, then stir in the rest of the flour mixture.
• 6 the dough should be at a consistency that you can roll it with your hands into balls. i often have to add quite a bit more flour.
• 7 roll into 1 inch balls, then roll the balls in sugar.
• 8 place cookes 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8-11 minutes. do not brown! the cookies should be almost underbaked in the middle.
• 9 let, cool 2 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. store in cookie tins.