Chewy Ginger Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup dark molasses
- ⅓ cup chopped crystallized ginger (Optional)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Sift flour, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and allspice together into a mixing bowl; stir.
- Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat egg and molasses into creamed butter mixture. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough comes together. Gently fold in crystallized ginger.
- Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into small balls between your hands and place onto ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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