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Christmas decorated Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies

Ginger Molasses Cookies

Warm delicious spices all wrapped up in a chewy cookie!!  The perfect Christmas Cookie!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cinnamon, cookies, ginger, molasses
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 50 Cookies
Author Holly

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Wet Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar lightly packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup fancy molasses
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar for rolling

Instructions

  1. Preheat Oven to 350 fahrenheit 

  2. DRY INGREDIENTS:

    Whisk Flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon,  ground ginger, ground cloves, and nutmeg.  Set aside

  3. WET INGREDIENTS:

    Cream butter and sugars until pale and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes

    Add eggs one at a time mixing after each one and then add the molasses and mix until incorporated.

  4. Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until just combined.

  5. Scoop batter into approximately 2 tbsp amounts (medium cookie scoop) and roll with your hands into a ball, roll the dough into granulated sugar to coat it and place on a lined cookie sheet approximately 2 inches apart.

  6. Bake from 8-10 minutes, let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

  7. Once cooled completely I used melted white chocolate to drizzle on top and with green food coloring in it for the holly leaves.  The red I used candy melts to achieve the look I was going for!  Cookies can also be frozen for up to 2 months.