Ginger Cookies
These chewy and soft ginger cookies are especially delicious, and one we always make during the holidays!
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar, plus more for rolling
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon applesauce
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix sugar, butter, molasses, egg, and applesauce with a hand mixer.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Combine dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Scoop with a cookie scoop then roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in white sugar.
- Place on an un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes. (While a batch is baking, cover and place the remaining dough in the fridge to chill so it's easier to scoop and roll.) Cookies will puff and then flatten. Cool on a wire rack.
- Let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes, then remove to a rack to cool.
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Notes
Store cookie dough. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days or place in a freezer Ziploc and freeze for up to 3 months.
Store baked cookies. Store in an airtight container on the counter for 7-10 days or in the freezer for 4-6 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 188IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg