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

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. 1. Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in the
  2. lower and upper thirds of the oven. Line
  3. two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  4. 2. Put the flour, baking soda, spices, and
  5. salt into a medium mixing bowl. Mix on
  6. Speed 1 to fully combine, at least 30
  7. seconds. Add the chopped ginger and
  8. mix on Speed 1 to coat; reserve.
  9. 3. Put the butter and molasses into a large
  10. mixing bowl. Mix on Speeds 2 to 4 until
  11. homogenous, about 2 minutes. Scrape
  12. down the sides of the bowl and then
  13. add the sugars. Mix on Speed 2 until
  14. very light, where it seems that much of
  15. the sugar has dissolved into the butter/
  16. molasses, about 2 minutes. Add the egg,
  17. mixing on Speed 2, and then the vanilla
  18. extract. Add the dry ingredients and mix
  19. on Speed 2 until just combined.
  20. 4. Scoop the dough into evenly sized, golfball rounds.
  21. Roll in the turbinado sugar
  22. and then place the sugared dough on
  23. a parchment-lined tray or baking sheet.
  24. Gently press each round down with the
  25. bottom of a clean glass.
  26. 5. Bake in the preheated oven until just set at
  27. the edges, about 12 to 15 minutes. Allow
  28. pans to cool before baking remaining
  29. dough.