Big Soft Ginger Cookies

These nicely spiced, big soft ginger cookies are perfect for folks who like the flavor of ginger but don't care for crunchy gingersnaps. —Barbara Gray, Boise, Idaho

Big Soft Ginger Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch 350F

Makes: 2-1/2 dozen

 https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/big-soft-ginger-cookies/

Ingredients 

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Additional sugar

 

Directions

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until puffy and lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Test Kitchen Tips

The difference between these soft ginger cookies and the crispy kind you use to construct a holiday gingerbread house has to do with the leavening agent. (Think: yeast, baking soda or baking powder.) Leave out the baking soda in this recipe and the cookies will come out hard and crisp.

For less mess, coat your measuring cups in cooking spray before portioning it out.

Have extra ginger on hand? Here are 48 more zesty, zingy, heartwarming recipes to make.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 111 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 98mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.