Christmas Molasses and Ginger Cookies

Molasses ginger cookies are a crowd-pleasing Christmas cookie that everyone will come to expect every year.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 155 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 0.66666668653488 cup packed brown sugar
• 5.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.66666668653488 cup butter, softened
• 1.3333333730698 cups molasses

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Beat molasses, brown sugar, and butter together in a bowl until smooth. Mix flour, eggs, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, and salt into molasses mixture until incorporated. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Heavily flour a cloth-covered work surface.

Step 3

Roll dough on the floured cloth into 1/4-inch thick cookies; cut with cookie cutters if desired. Arrange cookies 1-inch apart on the prepared baking sheet.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm to the touch, about 8 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.