Easy Chewy Ginger Cookies

This easy recipe for chewy ginger cookies produces a soft cookie that's always a hit around the holidays.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 280 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 ½ cups butter, softened
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

Whisk flour, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl.

Step 3

Beat butter in a large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses. Stir 1/2 of the flour mixture into butter mixture; add remaining flour mixture and stir until dough is just-combined.

Step 4

Pour 3/4 sugar into a shallow bowl. Roll dough into 2 inch balls and roll each ball in sugar to coat. Place sugar-coated dough balls 2 1/2-inches apart on a baking sheet.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown and puffed, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.