Soft & Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies
So, I love cookies. Yes, you knew that. Christmas was made for cookies. Certainly you knew that too. Since it’s Friday and since since it’s the eve of a four-day weekend, let’s go ahead and celebrate with one more cookie. And since it’s not really Christmas without a soft and chewy ginger cookie, I couldn’t help but share this one.
This cookie is one that I made with friends during our baking party a couple weeks ago. Not only is it so simple to make, we barely had any left at the end of the party. My little hand kept sneaking back to the cookie sheet for one more.
These ginger molasses cookies are so soft and chewy; the inside nearly melts in your mouth. And the dough is rolled in turbinado sugar which gives them a perfectly amazing crunch. These are the perfect Christmas cookie. So grab some eggnog and whip up a batch of these to leave for Santa on Monday night.
Merry Christmas to all! xoxo
Soft & Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies Recipe
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Prep Time: 8 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes per batch
A holiday spice-inspired recipe for soft & chewy ginger molasses cookies.
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup coarse sugar, for rollingDirections:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two large cookie sheets with a Silpat liner or with parchment paper. In a large bowl, mix the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt with a whisk until combined. Set aside.
Cream the butter and sugars together in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla extract and molasses and mix for several minutes more until the mixture is fluffy, light brown and all streaks of fat have disappeared. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
Scoop the dough (I use a small cookie scoop) into about 1-inch balls and roll in the coarse sugar. Roll a heaping tablespoon of dough into a ball and coat in granulated sugar. Place on the prepared baking sheets.
Bake for about 9 minutes or just until the outer edges are set; the middle will be a little underdone. DO not over-bake the cookies. Cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet and then cool completely on a wire rack.
Adapted from Lauren's Latest
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Soft and chewy gingers are one of my all time favorite Christmas cookies. It’s not Christmas without one 🙂
Definitely a favorite in my house. Loooove this cookie!
And woah, I need these cookies in my life!! 🙂
Yay for one more cookie! And I totally agree: Cookie season is not complete without a soft ginger molasses number. Thanks for one more, and have a very happy holiday with your family and friends! I’ll be driving through KC on sat. Fingers crossed that the roads look a little friendlier than they do up here!
Cassie replied: — December 21st, 2012 @ 8:02 am
Merry Christmas to you, Erin! My drive to work was much better today than yesterday so hopefully they’ll be all clear by Saturday. The sun is shining today so it should be all melted. Safe travels!
Ooh I’ll have to try these. I love the taste if gingersnaps but hate that they’re so crunchy so these will be perfect. They sound scrumptious!
Definitely a perfect Christmasy cookie!! 🙂
I love ginger and molasses so I KNOW I would love these cookies. Bring on the holiday baking this weekend!
Soft chewy ginger cookies are the best! Merry Christmas, Cassie!
*drool* These are my favorite kind of cookies!! Merry Christmas, Cassie!!
Merry Christmas, Cassie!
I love molasses! These would be perfect with my coffee right now! Merry Christmas!
Mmmm, these are the perfect Christmas cookie! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Cassie! 🙂
These look and sound incredible..I havent had any type of ginger cookie yet this season…I must change that with these!
One of my favorite Christmas cookies! They look perfect! Have a wonderful Christmas!
I can almost FEEL that turbindo sugar crunching in my mouth as the chewy and soft cookies melt in it – awesome job!
I need some of these right now!
So glad you posted these. I’m going to make them right now!!
Christmas is definitely a time of cookies…and chewy gingers are a staple for us too 🙂
These are too pretty wrapped up in that bright red bow! Plus I love that they’re nice and chewy; crunchy cookies just don’t do it for me.
I am a sucker for a chewy ginger molasses cookie. These would be consumed in a matter of minutes in my care.
It’s a good think I wasn’t at that party. I would have probably double my body weight before I left. These looks amazing!
Ahh, just what I was looking for! I am busy baking,too . Merry Christmas!
These were also some of my favorites!
So … I love cookies, too. 🙂 Love the presentation and I just pinned and tweeted! Lovely!
These are my FAVORITE kind of cookies ever.
You make the best cookies! I can’t wait to try these!
I’m all for celebrating (anything!) with cookies 🙂
Ginger and molasses. Swoon. Just swoon.
I love soft and chewy cookies, these look fab!
These cookies wouldn’t stand a chance around me! Happy Holidays, Cassie.
These cookies are fabulous! Love the soft ginger flavor!
Merry Christmas Cassie!
Oh Yum!
I would love a handful of these cookies and a glass of hot chocolate with mallows of course : )
I love me some ginger molasses cookies!
I love how puffy and thick your cookies stay Cassie! My ginger molasses cookies are soft, but always get pretty flat. I can’t wait to try your recipe!
I haven’t baked ANY ginger cookies yet this holiday season and I feel like I”m in withdrawal. These definitely need to happen before Tuesday!
Love that they are soft, they look amazing! Merry Xmas Cassie!
Wishing I could have been at that baking party again! I don’t think there’s ever enough cookies this time of year 🙂 And I love the ginger/molasses combination in this batch. Wishing you and your family a blessed holiday, Cassie!
These are some of the most under-rated holiday cookies. I could live without sugar cookies, shortbread, chocolate chip . . . but these are a must for a holiday party. I just love the flavor combo and how soft they are!
These look like the perfect chewy cookie & I love that they are rolled in crunchy sugar too so that you get the best of both worlds! Happy holidays Cassie!
Looks Delish! xoxo
Love that these are rolled in turbinado – they provide such an awesome crunchy texture!
What a lovely cookie for the holidays!
Ooh, yes, more cookies! 🙂
The texture looks perfect. Just perfect. Crunchy ginger cookies… bla.
And a baking party? Fun! I do the same but there are usually only two of us. Making it just a baking *day.* But it’s still fun! 🙂
These were AMAZING! The texture was perfect and I ate way too many of them 🙂