Ginger Cookies
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Soft ginger cookies are chock full of two kinds of ginger. If you’re a ginger lover, these are for you! These moist and chewy ginger cookies with plenty of spice are the perfect cookie to add to a holiday cookie tray.
Ingredients for ginger cookies
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup crystallized ginger chips
How to make this ginger cookie recipe
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add sugars, molasses and egg and beat until well mixed.
- In a medium bowl, mix combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and ground ginger..
- Slowly add flour mixture to butter, mixing just until combined.
- Stir in ginger chips.
- Roll into 1-inch balls the size of walnuts.
- Place on prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper or silpat about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to wire rack to cool.
- Makes approximately 4 dozen. Store baked cookies in an airtight container.
Looking for more holiday season baking ideas?
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Ginger Cookies
Soft ginger cookies with crystallized ginger.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup dark molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup crystallized ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add sugars, molasses and egg and beat until well mixed.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix dry ingredients together, flour through ginger.
- Slowly add flour, mixing just until combined.
- Stir in ginger chips.
- Roll into small balls the size of walnuts.
- Place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or silpat about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool.
- Makes approximately 4 dozen
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 68kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 16mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 94IUVitamin C: 0.002mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.4mg
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Those ginger cookies look absolutely delicious! I could eat the whole plate 😉
Haha Samuel! Please do!
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Thanks for hosting Nicole!
This cookie looks fantastic — I love the combination of the white chocolate with all the spices!
These cookies look so delicious! Love that they use crystallized ginger. Will have to pick some up next time I’m up at King Arthur.
Hi! Ginger cookies are one of my all time favs. Your recipe looks so yummy. Leaves me craving them 🙂
I can’t pass up a cookie. Pinning to my cookie board on Pinterest!
These make me excited for the holidays! I love ginger cookies!
Those cookies look so soft and chewy. I definitely need a batch sometime very soon!
I love crystallized ginger! It really takes these cookies over-the-top. Loads of cookies are one of my favorite parts of the holiday season!!
Love ginger cookies I’ll give this one a try! Bread basket enter.
thank you! Entered!