Soft Ginger Cookies

Soft and chewy with crackly crunch on the outside!  Soft Ginger Cookie perfection!  These classic cookies are easy to make and everybody loves them!  Don’t wait until the holidays to whip up a batch!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  It’s COOKIE TIME!  Oh my oh my we love our cookies around here!

Let’s get started!

Ingredients for Soft Ginger Cookies –

• flour
• baking soda
• white sugar
• egg
• ground ginger
• ground cinnamon
• ground cloves
• butter
• molasses
• raw sugar for rolling if you have it – plain sugar will work as well

Not to be confused with my Perfect Molasses Cookies.  These are softer and more cake like. (cake…yay!) but side by side?  Hey, I’d eat them both.  I couldn’t pick one favorite between the two.  So make both and share!

HOLIDAY COOKIE PRO TIPS!  

• Make a batch of cookie dough.  Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for up to a week.  Bake them off as needed!
• Pick up a pack of cellophane gift bags.  Stack a half dozen cookies in them and tie it off with a ribbon.  Perfect little hostess gift!

Tips to make Soft Ginger Cookies:

• Do take the time to preheat your oven when making cookies – impatience will not be your friend.
• Make sure there is at least 2 inches between your cookies before baking.  It’s the difference between having a perfectly round cookie that looks like it came from a bakery or a semi-square cookie that looks like…well not a bakery cookie!
• You can easily substitute regular sugar for the raw sugar to roll the dough in, but I like the crunchy texture the raw sugar gives and it kinda makes your cookies all sparkly..I like sparkly.

More cookie recipes you will love!

• Rosemary Shortbread Cookies
• Peanut Butter Crinkles
• Grinch Cookies
• Double Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies

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Kathi and Rachel

Soft Ginger Cookies

Soft and chewy on the inside with a crackly crunch exterior - sounds like cookie perfection to me!

4.60 from 5 votes

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 24 cookies

Author: Kathi & Rachel

Ingredients

• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup butter softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup molasses
• 1/3 cup raw sugar regular sugar will work too

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line cookie baking sheet with Silpat liner or parchment paper.
• In medium bowl combine flour, ginger, soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt and set aside.
• Using an electric mixer beat softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses. Beat until well combined. Scraping down sides of bowl.
• Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until well combined.
• Shape cookie dough into 1" balls and roll in raw sugar.
• Place 2" apart on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cooked through but soft to the touch.
• Cool 5 minutes before removing from baking sheet onto cooling rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 124mg | Potassium: 70mg | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.8mg

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