Happy holidays, everyone! It’s a busy time, so I’m just going to get straight to the point: super soft, chewy ginger molasses cookies. I brought these to a holiday party last week, and before I even brought them to the cookie area, I had people come by and request one, which served as a great taste testing, actually!
I experimented a lot with these cookies, because I wanted them to be just right – pillow-soft on the inside with a crunch on the perimeter. These cookies sparkle and have a lovely crinkled surface, and they are the perfect cookie for the holidays!
RECIPE: Pillow-soft Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies
Adapted from the New York Times
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), melted
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup molasses
2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
pinch nutmegCoarse sugar for rolling
Directions
1| Preheat oven to 375F. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk melted butter, egg, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and molasses together until thoroughly combined.
2| Sift together the rest of the ingredients – flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg.
3| Fold dry ingredients into wet, until just incorporated. Mixture should be soft but will not stick to your fingers.
4| Prepare a shallow bowl of coarse sugar (I used raw cane sugar)
5| Using an ice cream scooper, scoop out 1 tbsp of cookie dough, roll it between your palms to form a ball. Roll ball in coarse sugar until covered. Place on parchment paper lined baking sheet. Do this for the rest of the dough, placing cookies 2″ apart.
6| Bake for 8-10 minutes (rotate pan at 4 minutes) until the edges are set. The middle will still be a bit soft, but that’s ok. The cookies will be puffed and cracked on the surface. Cool on a wire rack.
Totally gorgeous, Betty! I love a good chewy gingerbread cookie, and rolled in the sugar – perfect! xx
Love the texture of these. People who love sugar will love these. Just a warning to others who prefer less sugar, these are quite intense on the sugar content. Would try to make them with less sugar next time.
Hi! These sound amazing! Did you use salted or unsalted butter?