Molasses Ginger Cookies
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- Minutes to Cook:
- Number of Servings: 120
Ingredients
3/4 cup salted butter, softened1 cup brown sugar1 egg, beaten1 tsp vanilla extract1/2 cup ORGANIC molasses2 1/2 cups flour (white or whole wheat both work fine)1 tsp salt1 1/2 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp ground cloves1 tbsp cinnamon2 1/2 tbsp ground ginger1/4 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350*F
1) Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add beaten egg, vanilla and molasses. Combine well and set aside.
2) In another bowl, sift together all of the dry ingredients (including spices) ACCEPT 1/4 cup sugar. Add the dry mixture to wet, stirring well to incorporate. If the dough gets too thick to stir comfortably, dig in with your hands. Note that dough should be sticky.
3) Form the dough into balls using about 2 tsp of dough for each. Dip half of each ball in sugar and place sugar side up on cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Press to flatten just over half way down with the bottom of a glass or measuring cup.
4) Cook for no more than 7-8 minutes in preheated oven. If you have a convection oven leave this setting off if you can, or decrease your cooking time by 1 minute. If your oven runs hot I would also recommend decreasing heat by at least 1 minute.
5) Immediately but gently remove cookies from pan and transfer to a cooling rack.
Cookies are made small so that they're "dainty" sized for Christmas platters.
Serving Size: Makes about 120 small cookies
1) Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add beaten egg, vanilla and molasses. Combine well and set aside.
2) In another bowl, sift together all of the dry ingredients (including spices) ACCEPT 1/4 cup sugar. Add the dry mixture to wet, stirring well to incorporate. If the dough gets too thick to stir comfortably, dig in with your hands. Note that dough should be sticky.
3) Form the dough into balls using about 2 tsp of dough for each. Dip half of each ball in sugar and place sugar side up on cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Press to flatten just over half way down with the bottom of a glass or measuring cup.
4) Cook for no more than 7-8 minutes in preheated oven. If you have a convection oven leave this setting off if you can, or decrease your cooking time by 1 minute. If your oven runs hot I would also recommend decreasing heat by at least 1 minute.
5) Immediately but gently remove cookies from pan and transfer to a cooling rack.
Cookies are made small so that they're "dainty" sized for Christmas platters.
Serving Size: Makes about 120 small cookies
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 33.9
- Total Fat: 1.2 g
- Cholesterol: 4.6 mg
- Sodium: 44.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 5.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 0.3 g
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