Chewy Ginger Cookies

These delicious ginger cookies made with dark molasses, allspice, and cinnamon will disappear faster than the half-hour it takes to make them.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 168 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 cup dark molasses
• 0.75 cup butter, softened
• 0.25 teaspoon ground allspice
• 0.33333334326744 cup chopped crystallized ginger

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Sift flour, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and allspice together into a mixing bowl; stir.

Step 3

Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat egg and molasses into creamed butter mixture. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough comes together. Gently fold in crystallized ginger.

Step 4

Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into small balls between your hands and place onto ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.