Classic Christmas cookie rolled in sugar, full of spice and gorgeous with all it’s crevices. These Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies have to be on your cookie plate this holiday weekend!
December is finally here!
The most sparkly and decked out month of them all! I have pulled out all of the boxes with ornaments, garlands, wreaths and the most important of them all – the tree. Every year, the moment we light it up is magical to our kids. They exclaim “wow” and “how pretty” and they could just sit and marvel over it every evening.
This month we also celebrate with cookies. Baking, decorating and sharing them. The classic ones, like these Ginger Cookies and the new ones, like Brown Butter Sandies, will be making appearances through out this month.
This is a classic. Ginger cookie – rolled in sugar, full of spice and gorgeous with all it’s crevices. The combination of ground ginger and molasses makes it a perfect cookie for the cold season. It spreads the warm and cozy feeling as it melts in your mouth.
These babies are soft and chewy. Fluffy and puffy. For more crispier cookie – bake them for few more minutes. But be ware, these are easy to over-bake. Also, to achieve the look show on my photos, do not flatten the cookie balls before baking. Simply roll a cookie ball in sugar and place on baking sheet.
They are much more attractive all puffed up and crackly. Wouldn’t you agree?
- 2 1/4 c all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 c ( 1 1/2 stick ) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 c granulated sugar
- 1/4 c packed brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 c unsulphured molasses
- granulated sugar for rolling
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Line a baking sheet with silpat, parchment paper or aluminum foil. Set aside.
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In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients ( flour, ginger, soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt ). Set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and vanilla extract. Beat until combined. Add molasses and beat until combined and the batter is light brown.
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Add dry ingredients at once and fold in. Beat 20 seconds until the dough is smooth.
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Cover the bowl with seran wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. You can freeze the dough at this point.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
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Roll the dough into a tablespoon size balls and roll in sugar. Place on prepared sheet. Keep the dough chilled in between batches. Bake cookies for 15 to 18 minutes. Cool on a sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
The original recipe comes from Food Network.
Just a tip: when making cookies, bake only half of the dough at a time and freeze the other for later. It saves you time and you work. You can freeze this dough in balls.
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Are your decorations up yet?
xoxo,
Anna
These all look soooo yummmy!
Thank you!
Soft and chewy cookies are my fave, these look like pillows of goodness! 🙂
They are delicious! Thank you, Laura. 🙂
These look soooo good! I love your photo showing why you shouldn’t flatten them. Great time of the year for these!
Thank you so much, my friend!
These are picture perfect! My idea of a perfect soft ginger cookie, which is the best thing ever!
It really is! Thanks, Averie!
Look at these ginger beauties! I could go for one – or three – right now!
Yep, there is no stopping at one 🙂 Thanks, Ashley!
Gorgeous. I totally want to make sandwich cookies out of these.
Great idea, Jackie! They would be perfect for it! Thank you!
Mm, I certainly love these! They look SO puffy and fat and delish 🙂 and I love your pictures–totally gorgeous!
Aww, thank you so much, Hayley!
you know i love my molasses ginger cookies!!! I am in love with this recipe – love those crinkly cracked tops. gorgeous cookies. i made a batch last week but now.. i want to make them again. 🙂
I am just about to share my molasses cookies! I think you will love them, Sally! We sure do have the same love for cookies 🙂 Thank you!
Thank you so much, Katie!
I ADORE ginger cookies and these look fantastic!
Aww, thanks, Sommer!
Soft ginger cookies are the best! I’ve been gone for a week and I see I have a lot of your delicious recipes to catch up on! 🙂
🙂 Always great to see you here, Jessica! Thank you!
What is it about the ginger cookie. It’s just awesome and tastes like Christmas.
Right? First bite and you know it’s holidays! Thanks, Cathy!
Mmmmm.. ginger cookies. These bring me back to my childhood. I know what you mean about the joy of kids when it comes to Christmas. As an adult, I was becoming cynical about all the Christmas commercialism until I had kids. Now it’s like experiencing the awe of all the magic of Christmas again as I did when I was a kid. It’s wonderful. 🙂
Yes, it is! Thank you, Ramona!