Desserts
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Makes about 2½ dozen cookies
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Makes about 2½ dozen cookies
Not your ordinary ginger cookie. We up the zing with chopped, crystalized ginger in these chewy and spicy treats.
Nutritional information per cookieCalories 96 (23% from fat)
carb. 18g
pro. 1g
fat 2g
sat. fat 2g
chol. 12mg
sod. 99mg
calc. 10mg
fiber 0g
carb. 18g
pro. 1g
fat 2g
sat. fat 2g
chol. 12mg
sod. 99mg
calc. 10mg
fiber 0g
Ingredients
- 2¼cups unbleached, all-purpose
- flour
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 1tablespoon ground ginger
- 1teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½teaspoon ground allspice
- ¾teaspoon kosher salt¼ cup finely chopped crystalized
- ginger
- 12tablespoons (1½ sticks)
- unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch
- pieces, room temperature
- ¼cup molasses
- ¾cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼cup granulated sugar
- 1large egg, room temperature
- 1teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¹⁄³cup turbinado sugar, for rolling
Preparation
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in the
- lower and upper thirds of the oven. Line
- two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- 2. Put the flour, baking soda, spices, and
- salt into a medium mixing bowl. Mix on
- Speed 1 to fully combine, at least 30
- seconds. Add the chopped ginger and
- mix on Speed 1 to coat; reserve.
- 3. Put the butter and molasses into a large
- mixing bowl. Mix on Speeds 2 to 4 until
- homogenous, about 2 minutes. Scrape
- down the sides of the bowl and then
- add the sugars. Mix on Speed 2 until
- very light, where it seems that much of
- the sugar has dissolved into the butter/
- molasses, about 2 minutes. Add the egg,
- mixing on Speed 2, and then the vanilla
- extract. Add the dry ingredients and mix
- on Speed 2 until just combined.
- 4. Scoop the dough into evenly sized, golfball rounds.
- Roll in the turbinado sugar
- and then place the sugared dough on
- a parchment-lined tray or baking sheet.
- Gently press each round down with the
- bottom of a clean glass.
- 5. Bake in the preheated oven until just set at
- the edges, about 12 to 15 minutes. Allow
- pans to cool before baking remaining
- dough.