Description
These little cookies are my grandmother’s specialty. Perfect to keep in the freezer for later as well! I used to make these all the time with my grandmother, now I get a huge basket of them for every holiday and birthday! In my grandmother’s instructions, it tells you to sift some of the ingredients. It makes for a nicer batter, but I don’t own a sifter and it’s not particularly necessary, I used a whisk or a fork to turn and fluff the dry ingredients before adding.
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
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.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 24