Hi friends! We made it to day #5 of Christmas Cookie week!
Whew, am I exhausted…but it’s a good kind of exhausted! I’ve enjoyed every minute of putting together these posts for you! Ok, well maybe not all the mess I’ve created…my house pretty much fell apart this week, but what’s a gal to do when she’s baking! My daughter had a friend over yesterday, and it always seems to be the days I’m immersed in a project of some sort, so I’m sure her friends think we live in the messiest house ever. Oh well. There’s love here. And mess.
But who cares about the mess when there are warm Soft & Chewy Ginger Cookies fresh from the oven waiting for you! These tasty little cookies definitely are soft and chewy and deliciously gingery!
Soft & Chewy Ginger Cookies
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 3/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup fancy molasses
- 1 1/2 tsp finely grated (fresh peeled ginger)
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- pinch salt
- cup Extra sugar for rolling (about 1/4)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Then add the egg, molasses and fresh ginger.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt.
- Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until combined.
- Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, and roll them in the 1/4 cup sugar, until coated.
- Place the balls onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Lightly flatten the tops using a cup.
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes. If you like them chewy, bake them on the lesser side. When they are done you will notice that the tops will crack slightly and the edges of the cookies will appear firm, and the centres will appear slightly soft.
- Cool on wire racks.
These cookies were a big hit with my kids! They even told me that they tasted just like the Ginger cookies at Starbucks…now that’s a compliment I tell you! My kids go crazy over those cookies!
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I hope you have enjoyed this cookie week! In cased you missed my first 4 recipes, here they are:
Butter Tart Squares with Shortbread Cookie Crust | Turtle Cookies
Snickerdoodles | Peanut Butter Balls
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Don’t forget there is more cookie inspiration waiting for your from these great bakers that I teamed up with this week!
Angie from Echoes of Laughter
Julie from Sober Julie
Stacey from This Lil’ Piglet
Joann from Woman In Real Life
Jo-Anna from A Pretty Life In The Suburbs
Grace from Sense & Simplicity
Donna From An Anglo In Quebec
Ricki Jill from Art@Home
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Thank you so much for reading along this cookie week! Have a delicious day!
27 Comments
Shauna @ Satori Design for Living
December 6, 2013 at 9:11 AMWe eat ice cream sandwiches for dessert on Christmas Day. The kids love them (and the adults, too!). This year I may make two kinds- chocolate with peppermint crumbles and the usual chocolate chip.
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:30 PMThis sounds like the most fun dessert tradition ever!!
Dannyelle @ www.lifeisaparty.ca
December 6, 2013 at 9:30 AMAll your recipes this week have looked so yummy. I think it’s time to get my baking started too -I picked up 5 lbs of butter at Costco this week, so I guess I’m ready. lol.
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:32 PMThank you Dannyelle! Better get baking with all that butter, lol! I didn’t realize it was available at Costco in that amount…getting some for Christmas!
Mauren
December 6, 2013 at 9:38 AMWhite chocolate chip cherry oatmeal. But Love gingerbread cookies too.
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:32 PMMmmm, those sound good!
melissa
December 6, 2013 at 10:06 AMwelllll considering I am drooling right now after looking at your cookie pictures I got to say gingerbread!! those cookies look amazing!!
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:33 PMThank you Melissa!
Angie@Echoes of Laughter
December 6, 2013 at 10:26 AMI love ginger cookies….especially the soft ones! I know what you mean about mess in the house…it’s the same story here! Ha! That’s an awesome giveaway! If I won, I would actually donate those fabulous kits to the local food bank for some awesome Christmas fun for families! Have a wonderful weekend! Angie xo
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:34 PMOh man the mess!! Tackling it all today! And I love this idea of giving a kit to the food bank Angie! We will be doing that this weekend! Love it.
Robin @ Farewell, Stranger
December 6, 2013 at 11:12 AMThese look so good! My mom makes Mexican wedding cakes at Christmas. Love them.
Kim McD
December 6, 2013 at 11:18 AMMMM cookies, I love a good old oatmeal cookie, but for Christmas I love whipped shortbread. YUMM-O!
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:35 PMMmmm I love whipped shortbread too…my Mom makes the best ones ever!
Nadine Ursuliak
December 6, 2013 at 12:38 PMLove the old stand by sugar cookie!
SoberJulie
December 6, 2013 at 1:30 PMMessy = good when someone serves me these!
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:35 PMExactly! 😉
Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate
December 6, 2013 at 1:48 PMChewy ginger cookies are the only way to go. Love that you used fresh ginger in these!
Jo-Anna
December 6, 2013 at 3:36 PMThe fresh ginger is an amazing addition! I think next time I’ll add some crystallized ginger too! Yum!
Grace @ sense and simplicity
December 6, 2013 at 7:21 PMThey look delicious – and I adore your photos (I need to study what you do as I love how you style them). I usually make ginger cookies at Christmas, but made the speculaas this year instead. I like the sugar you rolled yours in – such a nice crunch when you eat them.
Pretend Chef
December 6, 2013 at 8:21 PMThe flavor sounds amazing and spot on. Yummy!
Sarah [NurseLovesFarmer.com]
December 7, 2013 at 8:02 AMEggnog cookies! Sharing on my blog on Monday 🙂 BTW, these look AWESOME!
Stacey
December 8, 2013 at 11:07 AMButter tart shortbread, definitely. Oh my gosh, Mmmmm…
Danielle
December 8, 2013 at 1:16 PMMy favourite Christmas cookie are the traditional gingerbread cookies
Jonnie
December 11, 2013 at 2:02 AMI love candy cane sugar cookies
Meredith Youngson
December 24, 2013 at 8:16 AMMade these cookies this morning for a holiday treat box I will be giving to my extended family.
Let me tell you- They are irresistibly chewy and the best ginger cookies I have had!
I made them about 50% bigger and cooked them for just 10 minutes. The result was exactly what I had hoped for- soft flavorful and chewy.
Thanks for the recipe!
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