Chewy Ginger Cookies
Makes about 4 dozen
2 cups of granulated sugar
1 ½ cups of butter
2 large eggs
½ cup of molasses
1 ½ tsp. of ground ginger
2 tsp. of cinnamon
1 ½ tsp. of nutmeg (preferably fresh grated)
½ tsp. of salt
3 ½ tsp. of baking soda
5 cups of unbleached all-purpose flour
Granulated sugar to roll cookies in
Preheat to the oven to 350 º F.
Cream together the sugar, butter, eggs, and molasses until fluffy. Set aside.
Sift together the dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Roll small (about the size of a walnut) balls of dough in the sugar, and bake on an un-greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes or until crinkled and set.
Cool on a wire rack.
This is my 3rd contribution to 12 weeks of Christmas cookies. Check out what everyone else did and/or post your own recipe below.
Week 3 Twelve Weeks of Christmas:
Week 3 Twelve Weeks of Christmas:
How can you know that they "stay soft and chewy for about a week" - wouldn't last that long around me. Yum!
ReplyDeleteSue
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ReplyDeleteHi just calling by from your latest follower Via Friday Blog hops. Love meeting new bloggers. Definitely have to try this. Hope you are having a end of the week.Be sure to check my blog out www.jamarahcraftycreations.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteSarah.
I think I'm going to make some of these this weekend...my favorite fall-flavor cookies. YUM!!!
ReplyDeleteBonnie -- what's the new picture of? I love a soft gingerbread cookie too and I would have eaten a whole stack! Also like your border on your pic. Joni
ReplyDeleteSoft and chewy gingerbread cookies are the best. I have been searching for a recipe so I am bookmarking this!!
ReplyDeleteSoft and chewy?:) Ginger really is a favorite around here, so I will definitely have to try these! I love your holly frame Bonnie:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture of those cookies. It would make a great Christmas card. This sounds like a delicious ginger cookie recipe, especially that part about rolling it in cinnamon sugar, yum.
ReplyDeleteThese look and sound so delicious! We'd never find out about them staying that soft for that long, either!
ReplyDeleteI can NOT resist a ginger cookie - these look so good!
ReplyDeleteI love my gingerbread soft too. These wouldn't last long at my house either.
ReplyDeleteOh, these are too much to resist! Thanks for the recipe. Erin is a great cookie baker :)
ReplyDeleteI just had Ginger ice cream last Friday. I'm sure this tastes fantastic..
ReplyDeleteYour picture is so pretty! Chewy ginger cookies are on of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteYUM! I do love gingerbread!
ReplyDeleteOne that I have to try!! it wouldn't last more than a day in my house. : D
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed afternoon.