Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies

Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies

These soft and chewy ginger cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie! They pack a punch of flavor for all you ginger lovers. With chunks of crystallized ginger and a load of spices, they are as tasty as they look.

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, tightly packed
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup dark molasses
• 1 large egg
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
• coarse sugar for coating

1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, molasses, egg, and vanilla.
2. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine until a sticky dough forms.
4. stir in the crystallized ginger with a rubber spatula.
5. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 90 minutes.
6. Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare two parchment paper-lined aluminum baking sheets.
7. Roll a golf ball size piece of dough in the coarse sugar until well coated on all sides. Place on the prepared baking sheet and continue for all cookies.
8. Bake at 350F for 12-13 minutes.
9. If the cookies didn’t spread out and crack, press the tops down with the bottom of a flat glass before they cool.