Soft & Delicious Ginger Molasses Cookies
by Dec 20th, 2010 // Desserts, Holiday, Recipes
Soft & Delicious Ginger Molasses Cookies
My super cute cousin, Nicole, made a batch of these amazing cookies for our little holiday gathering. I could not stop eating them. She insisted I take some home for me kid. He could not stop eating them. Then my husband came home. He could not stop eating them. So, I insisted that Nicole give me the recipe.
It wasn’t just the taste that I loved. It was also the soft consistency and the perfectly round shape that made them particularly enticing.
Turns out that this recipe was perfect for my kid too. He loved rolling them into balls. Loved rolling them in sugar. Loved licking his fingers clean.
Nicole said the secret to making these cookies great is taking them out of the oven at 9 minutes whether they look done or not. This was such a great tip. Now for the recipe…
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Prep Time: 40 mins (mostly unattended) Cooking Time: 9 mins
Ingredients:
3/4 cup melted butter
1 and 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
Melt the butter and let it cool. Add the egg, molasses, and 1 cup of the sugar. Mix well. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt until spices are well distributed. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture a little at a time until combined. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, line a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper and heat the oven to 375 degrees. Make 1″ balls with the dough and roll in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar until coated. Place on cookie sheet with about 2″ between each ball. Bake for exactly 9 minutes in the middle of the oven (only 1 cookie sheet at a time). Take them out at 9 minutes even if they don’t seem done. Let them sit on the cookie sheet for 2 more minutes before removing and cooling on a rack. Makes about 4 dozen cookies. Enjoy!
YUMMMM!! so glad they came out well for you.
Lovely cookies!
Ginger cookies are the most addictive cookies out there. Love them!
So yummy! Love these cookies and thanks to Nicole for sending me a batch again
Are there any cookies that are NOT addictive, I'd love to know?
This looks like another great recipe to try….. = )
I know first hand that these cookies are AMAZING. Yum!
these are my favorite. so glad you posted this recipe!!!
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I'm curious about melting the butter first — is it not better to use soft butter like in other cookie recipes?
hmmm. good question. i know that when you cream butter and sugar you are actually whipping air bubbles into it which provide the lift for the cookies / cakes. in this case the cookie flattens out from the ball. i imagine if you creamed the butter and sugar first they wouldn't work out the same way.
We just made some, and only change was using whole wheat flour instead of plain. Perfectly delicious! My children (Noah 7 and Ana 5) love them.x
oooo. good idea. will try next time.
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So excited to find your blog, it looks super fun and can’t wait to try this recipe!