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Soft and Chewy Ginger Spiced Molasses Cookies
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Soft and Chewy Ginger Spice Cookies

These spice molasses cookies are exactly what the holidays constitute, with freshly, bold spices of ground whole ginger, cinnamon, allspice, black peppercorns, star anise and happily, molasses is included in there too. Soft and chewy....Yes!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Course: Dessert
Keyword: christmas, cookies, molasses, spiced cookies, thanksgiving
Calories:
Author: Kim Lange

Ingredients

Cookies

  • ¾ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 ½ tablespoons Raw Spice Bar Pumpkin Pie Spice or see home-made recipe below
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Sugar coating

  • ¼ cup granulated sugar for rolling I used Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Vanilla Sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

Cookies

  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, Raw Spice Bar Pumpkin Pie Spice or (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger) and salt.
  • Using mixer, on medium high speed, beat butter for 30 seconds. Add sugar and beat and continue beating for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy.
  • Add egg and molasses and beat just until combined.
  • Gradually add to the sugar molasses mixture and beat on low until combined.

Sugar coating

  • Place 1/4 cup of sugar in a shallow bowl. Scoop cookie dough with a large (1/4 cup) or medium size (1 and 1/2 tablespoons) cookie scoop then form into a ball in your hands or you can use the shape of the scoop. Place in sugar and roll until covered.
  • Place on a cookie sheet, leaving about 2" of space between cookies.
  • Bake cookies - for large 12- 13 minutes or for medium 9 to 11 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool a couple minutes the sheet. Transfer cookies to cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Store in an air-tight container for up to a week.

Notes

Traditional Unpumpkin Pumpkin Pie Spice:
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Optional: Crushed cracked peppercorns, 5-8 grinds or 1/2 or 2/3 teaspoon