Chewy Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 position a rack in the middle of the oven. preheat the oven to 350°. line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 2 sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves into a medium bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and brown sugar until smoothly blended, about 1 minute. stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing.
• 4 add the egg and molasses and mix until blended and an even light brown color, about 1 minute. on low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just to incorporate.
• 5 spread the granulated sugar on a large piece of wax or parchment paper.
• 6 roll ¼ cup of dough between the palms of your hands into a 2 inch ball, roll the ball in the sugar and place on one of the prepared baking sheets.
• 7 continue making cookies, spacing them 2 inches apart.
• 8 bake the cookies one sheet at a time until the tops feel firm, but they are still soft in the center and there are several large cracks on top, about 14 minutes.
• 9 cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.