5.0 from 18 votes
Ginger Cookies
These chewy and soft ginger cookies are especially delicious, and one we always make during the holidays!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Refrigerate
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 24
Calories: 139 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar, plus more for rolling
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon applesauce
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix sugar, butter, molasses, egg, and applesauce with a hand mixer.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Combine dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Scoop with a cookie scoop then roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in white sugar.
- Place on an un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes. (While a batch is baking, cover and place the remaining dough in the fridge to chill so it's easier to scoop and roll.) Cookies will puff and then flatten. Cool on a wire rack.
- Let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes, then remove to a rack to cool.
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Notes
- Store cookie dough. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days or place in a freezer Ziploc and freeze for up to 3 months.
- Store baked cookies. Store in an airtight container on the counter for 7-10 days or in the freezer for 4-6 months.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
139kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
22mg
(7%)
Sodium
98mg
(4%)
Potassium
70mg
(2%)
Fiber
0.4g
(2%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
188IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.01mg
(0%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 139
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 139kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 98mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 70mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.4g | 2% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 188IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.01mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.