Gingerbread Cookie recipe
Enjoy this homemade Soft Gingerbread Cookies Recipe at home with this easy recipe. These are the best gingerbread cookies with molasses.
Servings: 24
Calories: 130kcal
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar for rolling dough balls in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a small bowl, combine all dry ingredients - flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Add egg, orange juice and molasses, stirring carefully until well combined.
- Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture, thick dough will form.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoon into sugar. Roll to cover, then place on cookie sheet. Set cookies about 2-inches apart.
- Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes. The cookies will spread out and flatten a bit. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for a couple of minutes before removing to wire rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 99mg | Potassium: 68mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 97IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
