These cookies are sweet, spicy, chewy and are totally festive! The minced crystallized ginger gives these cookies a unique flavour that cannot be attained by ground ginger.
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 13 minutesminutes
Total Time: 28 minutesminutes
Servings: 30
Ingredients
3/4cupbutter, softened
1cupbrown sugar
1egg
1/4cupmolasses
1tspground ginger
2tspcinnamon
1/2tspground cloves
2tspbaking soda
1/2tspsalt
2 1/4cupflour
1/2cupcrystallized ginger, minced
1/2cupturbinado sugar
Instructions
Preheat of to 350F
Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the ground ginger, cinnamon, ground cloves, baking soda, salt and flour.
Slowly beat the dry ingredients in the wet mixture until it is fully combined and there are no lumps or dry flour.
Mix in the minced crystallized ginger.
Place the turbinado sugar in a shallow bowl.
Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Roll the balls into the turbinado sugar ensuring they are all coated in the sugar. Place the balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 13-15 minutes. The tops of the cookies should have a cracked look.