Oma's Ginger Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ⅛ cups white sugar, divided, or as needed
- ¾ cup butter
- 4 tablespoons molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided, or as needed
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.
- Beat 1 cup sugar, butter, molasses, and egg together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer.
- Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat into butter mixture until combined.
- Combine 1/8 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Roll cookie dough into 1-inch balls. Roll cookies in the sugar-cinnamon mixture to coat. Place on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and edges are set, about 11 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool at least 5 minutes before serving or storing.
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