Baked cookies on tray.

Ginger Cookies

Ginger-molasses cookies; soft, chewy, and spicy. Enjoy with strong tea.
Assembled from a hodge-podge of assorted cookie templates.
Yield: roughly four dozen cookies.
  1. .75c butter
  2. 1c brown sugar
  3. 1 large chicken egg
  4. .25c unsulphured molasses
  5. 6t grated ginger root
  6. .25t ground clove
  7. .5t ground nutmeg
  8. .75t ground cinnamon
  9. 1t baking soda
  10. .25t salt
  11. 3c unbleached flour
  1. Cream butter with brown sugar.
  2. Beat egg, add to butter.
  3. Mix in molasses.
  4. Mix in grated ginger.
  5. Mix in nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.
  6. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
  7. Mix flour mixture into dough. Dough should be able to be shaped by hand -- additional flour may be needed if it is still overly sticky.
  8. Shape into 1-inch balls, roll in finely-granulated sugar, press into .5-inch thick discs, arrange on half-sheet pan with room to spread.Unbaked cookies on tray.
  9. Bake at 350F for 12 minutes, until tops just start to crack.