Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies Recipe
Stacey Mebs | Bake.Eat.Repeat.These soft and chewy ginger cookies are one of our favourite Christmas cookies. So fast and easy to make and everyone loves them!
Christmas baking season might just be my favourite time of the year. Basically it gives me an excuse to make all of the cookies, all of the time.
So many cookies.
There's never enough time to make all of the cookies and treats that we want to make. That's probably a good thing since making all of the treats is generally followed by eating all of the treats. But I still wish the holiday baking season were longer because it's just such fun.
The kids love to join me in the kitchen making the various Christmas cookie favourites, and these soft and chewy ginger cookies is definitely one of those.
This isn't a cookie I grew up having every year. We would always make a gingerbread house (speaking of which I need to get my mom's recipe for that so that I can make one with my kids one of these years!) but we never made these chewy molasses ginger cookies.
My mother-in-law always makes them though and I agree wholeheartedly with my husband that they need to appear every year when we decided which Christmas cookies to make!
So easy and so tasty, these cookies can be ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. They can also be frozen for up to 3 months if you're like me and are ready to start the holiday baking as soon as the weather gets a bit chilly (which is pretty early where I live!).
If you've never made these classic molasses cookies, you need to try these. Soft and chewy and so easy to make — ginger cookies need to be part of your holiday baking plans this year!
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Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar, plus 1/4 cup, for rolling the cookies in
- 1/2 cup Molasses
- 1 large Egg
- 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
Directions
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the molasses and the egg and mix well. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Roll the cookie dough into 1.5 tablespoon sized balls (use a cookie scoop if you like), roll them in granulated sugar, and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are just set.
- Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for one week, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
- I like to use fancy molasses in this recipe, although cooking and blackstrap molasses will work as well — there will just be a stronger molasses flavour to the cookies then.
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- Stacey Mebs
- Source:
- Adapted from Company’s Coming – Cookies.
- Cooking Method:
- Baking
- Category:
- Lunchbox
- Tags:
- Lunchbox, Snacks, Cookies, Baking, Baked, Holidays, Ginger, Christmas
- Related Recipes:
- Lunchbox Recipes, Snack Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Baking Recipes, Baked Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Ginger Recipes, Christmas Recipes
- Recipe Yields:
- 30 cookies
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Author: Stacey Mebs
Source: Adapted from Company’s Coming – Cookies.
Recipe Yields: 30 cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
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