ginger_cookies

🥘 Ingredients

• butter ¾ cups
• white sugar 1 cup
• egg 1
• molasses ¼ cups
• vanilla
• flour 1 ½ cups
• ginger 2 tsb
• baking soda 1 tsb
• cinnamon ¾ tsb
• salt 1 pinch
• flour ¾ cups
• raw sugar

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. 2

   Beat butter until fluffy, then beat in white sugar , egg , molasses , and vanilla .
3. 3

   Once fluffy and homogeneous, beat in the flour , ginger , baking soda , cinnamon , and salt , and when combined, beat in remaining flour .
4. 4

   Form dough into balls and roll in the coarse raw sugar until completely coated.
5. 5

   Place on a buttered baking sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes .
6. 6

   Check for doneness (a little earlier for small cookies), and then remove from oven and let cool on pan 2-3 minutes . Remove to rack to cool completely.
7. 7

   For large cookies, press down with spatula when removed from oven to flatten - cracks will appear. Small cookies flatten on their own.