Super Sized Ginger Chewies

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 position a rack in the middle of the oven.preheat the oven to 350*.line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 2 sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon,ginger and cloves into a medium mixing bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until smoothly blended.about 1 minute.
• 4 stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing.
• 5 on low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just to incorporate it.
• 6 spread the 1/4 cup granulated sugar with 1/2 tsp cinnamon on a large piece of wax or parchment paper. roll 1/4 cup of the dough between the palms of your hands into a 2" ball, roll the ball in the sugar, cinnamon mixture and place on one of the prepare baking sheets.continue making cookies, spacing them about 2" apart.
• 7 bake the cookies one sheet at a time until the tops feel firm but they are still soft in the center and there are several cracks on top, about 14 minutes.
• 8 cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
• 9 the cookies can be stored in a tightly covered container at room temperature for up to 4 days.