1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 egg
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour
3/4 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup crystallized ginger, chopped coarsely**
Rolling sugar:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
Instructions: Preheat oven to 375°F.
Combine softened butter, sugar, molasses and egg. Using a mixing, beat well.
Stir in crystallized ginger.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Add to wet mixture. Mix well.
In a small bowl mix sugar and ginger(you can add coloring to this sugar to make your cookies festive). Form dough into 1 inch balls. Roll in ginger sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool on sheet for 2 minutes, transfer to foil or wire rack and cool completely
Makes 3 dozen cookies.
**You can find jars/tins of Crystallized ginger in most health food/specialty grocery stores.... but if you cant find it , it is super easy to make(and quite a bit cheaper), fresh ginger root is found in the produce department of any grocery store ....just follow instructions HERE
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