Recipe No.2

Teresa's Ginger Molasses Cookies

Name: Teresa's Ginger Molasses Cookies
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 33 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 Tbsp unsalted butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 large egg; ⅓ cup molasses; 2¼ cups all-purpose flour; ¾ cup crystallized ginger, diced; 1½ tsp fresh ginger, grated; 1½ tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground allspice; 1 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 tsp ground cloves; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; granulated sugar, for rolling

Teresa's recipe

From the kitchen ofBenjamin & Teresa

Yield33 cookies

Active15 min

Total23 min

CategoryDesserts · American · Winter

Tagscookies holiday freezer-friendly

Ingredients

Dough

12 Tbspunsalted butter
1 cupgranulated sugar
½ tspsalt
1 tspbaking soda
1 largeegg
⅓ cupmolasses
2¼ cupsall-purpose flour

Ginger & spice

¾ cupcrystallized ginger, diced
1½ tspfresh ginger, grated
1½ tspground ginger
1 tspground cinnamon
1 tspground allspice
1 tspground nutmeg
1 tspground cloves
¼ tspground black pepper

Coating

granulated sugar, for rolling

Source

Teresa's own recipe

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Directions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2
Beat together the butter, sugar, salt and baking soda.
3
Beat in the egg, then the molasses.
4
Add the remaining ingredients and mix until just combined.
5
Put some granulated sugar in a shallow dish and line a baking sheet with parchment.
6
Scoop the dough into 1 to 1 1/2 inch balls, roll each in sugar and set them on the sheet 2 inches apart.
7
Bake 8 to 14 minutes, until the edges start turning a darker golden brown.
8
Remove from the oven and cool on racks.

Notes

Feel free to experiment with the amount of spices. I use this amount when baking for others and more when baking for myself. To make ahead, make the dough as written, form the balls, squish each between your hands into a puck, and don't coat them in sugar. Freeze the pucks on a tray, then move them to a bag once solid. When ready to bake, take them straight from the freezer, roll in sugar, and add 2 to 3 minutes to the bake time.