Recipe and source notes

Soft Ginger Christmas Cookies

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar

Make it step by step

  1. Directions:
  2. Preheat over to 350 degrees. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
  3. In large bowl, cream together butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses; beat well. Add half the flour mixture; beat until combined.
  4. Stir in remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Shape into 1-inch balls and r oll t hem in the remaining 2 tbls. of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes in p reheated oven. Allow cookies to c ool o n b aking s heet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to c ool c ompletely. S tore i n airtight container.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Stacey, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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