Grandma's Molasses Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 tsp Ginger, ground

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg

• Condiments

  • 1/4 cup Molasses

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 3/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 tsp Cloves, ground
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/3 cup Sugar

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter

Found on theyummylife.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (may use half whole wheat pastry flour)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup plus 1/3 cup sugar, divided
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1/4 cup molasses

Directions

• In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, & ginger; set aside. In medium bowl, with electric mixer* on low speed, blend together the melted butter, 1 cup sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in molasses. With mixer on low speed*, gradually add flour mixture to molasses mixture; mix until completely combined. Cover and chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough into walnut sized balls (use cookie scoop, if available); roll each ball in remaining sugar. Place 2 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes just until tops are cracked all over, but cookies are still a bit gooey inside the center cracks. Cool on wire racks.*In place of electric mixer, dough can be mixed thoroughly by hand with a spoon.Nutritional Information (per cookie with 30 cookies per batch): 107calories, 4.9g fat, 160mg sodium, 15.2g carbs, .6g fiber, 8.2g sugars, 1.1g protein; Weight Watcher PointsPlus: 3Original recipe by Melissa and Michelle King; adapted from All Recipes and memories of Grandma Maries cookies.