Soft Ginger Cookies
Coooking Temperature: 350°F/ 177°C / Gas Mark 4
Calories: 10
Adjust Servings Here: 20 cookies
Description
These gooey, aromatic, and tender ginger cookies are buttery and chewy. They melt in your mouth the second you bite into them. This is how to make soft ginger cookies or ginger molasses cookies
Ingredients
Cookie dough
- ¾ cup (170 g) Butter
- ¾ cup (65 g) White sugar
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup (120 ml) Molasses
- 2 ¼ cups (280 g) All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Ground ginger
- ½ tsp Ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Ground cloves
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Dry ingredients - In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, spices, and ground ginger - and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, on medium speed, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the molasses, egg, and vanilla extract. Followed by the flour mixture. Combine well over low speed but do not overmix. Pro tip - We do not want to activate the gluten in our dough. So do not overmix. Otherwise, the cookies will spread too much.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let chill in the fridge for 15 minutes. Pro tip - The cookie dough can be refrigerated for a week or frozen for up to a month.
- Preheat oven at 350°F / 177°C / Gas Mark 4 and line cookie sheets or two baking trays with silicone or parchment paper.
- Using a cookie scoop, or two tablespoons amount of cookie dough, make 1-inch ballsPro tip - You can also make the cookie dough balls and freeze them for up to a month in a freezer bag.
- Place on the baking tray, making sure to leave space for them to spread. Bake in a preheated oven for 8 to 9 minutes until the top is cracked. Pro tip - Larger cookies will take about 10 minutes and vise versa.
- Cool on a cookie tray for 5 minutes. Then, transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before you transfer to a cookie jar.
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