Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
Sweet, soft and full of molasses ginger flavor!
Servings: 36 Cookies
Calories: 101kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup shortening *sub butter - see notes above
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 cups gluten free flour blend or all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger ¼ teaspoon or more to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
Topping
- ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling dough balls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, add shortening, sugar, egg and molasses. Mix using a handheld mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, until well blended.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Mix until well blended.
- Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, make dough balls. Roll in sugar.
- Place on lined cookie sheet and bake on center rack for 8-9 minutes. Cookies will look very soft, but that's ok, don't over bake!
- Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Using a spatula, transfer cookies to cooling rack to finish cooling. Eat one warm!
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Stays fresh up to 5 days (even with gluten free flour)!
- If you want to make the dough and bake later, finish dough balls, rolled in sugar, and place in a ziploc bag and throw in the freezer for another day.
- To bake from frozen, place cookies on lined baking sheet and then turn the oven on to 325°F. Allow cookies to come to warm up a bit while oven is preheating. Bake 10 minutes or until just set. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 96mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 0.001mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.4mg