These homemade ginger cookies are very delicious! They resemble a cross between gingersnaps and molasses cookies.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 30 |
| Yield: | 30 cookies |
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar, divided, or more to taste
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Beat 1 cup sugar, butter, and ginger in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. Gently fold in flour mixture until just combined. Chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Roll chilled dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Roll balls in remaining sugar, then place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until mostly (but not fully) set in the centers and edges are starting to brown, about 15 minutes. Let stand for 1 minute on the baking sheets, then remove to wire racks and let cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 137 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 18 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 117 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Perfect texture. Just a little crunchy on outside with sugar, but then so so chewy and wonderful inside. Also amazing flavor
I made these exactly as the recipe stated. Mine didn’t look quite the same – they were a bit thinner without crackles on top but they were still yummy!
Wow! These might be the best cookies I’ve ever made. So good and fresh, chewy inside with a slight crunch along the edges. I topped with a bit of sugar when they came our. Juat perfect! Flavorful and the house smells amazing, plus the recipe was very easy!
Love this recipe! I also added 1/2 Cup chopped crystallized ginger
Loved these cookies! Baked exactly as written and very delicious. Easy to make and will definitely make these again!
Fair, spread in pan quite a bit, too sweet.
I rarely give a recipe 5 stars but I would give these AMAZING cookies 10 stars if I could! I cut the fresh ginger to 1 Tbl. as I thought 2 Tbl. would be too strong for my taste. I needed less than 1/4 c. sugar to roll the dough balls in. Don’t flatten the dough balls on the cookie sheet. I baked them about 10 minutes. This made 43 cookies with my cookie scoop. I’ve made these 3 times and I’m sure I’ll be making them again!
Made the dough, put the mix in fridge and forgot about it for a week. Baked the cookies and the family loved them. I don’t think the family will let me forget the dough for a week this time.
Not sure what I did wrong.. Cookies spread completely flat, merging into one giant cookie, with no cracks.. The only suspect thing I did was to soften the butter in the microwave. Dough was pretty sticky and wet in the middle of the bowl even after an hour in the fridge. I’ll try again without microwaving the butter.
I had some fresh ginger so I looked up this recipe. I substituted some of the white flour for almond flour. But otherwise…they were delicious! Thanks.
Delish but stuck to pan!!! Ugh
Very good texture and flavor. I don’t see how you can get 30 of these if you make 1 1/2” dough balls. I got 12 (!) and a small bit left. Cookies were 4+ inches across when baked! I’ll make them again, but in a more sensible size.
Lovely tasting cookies.
All I can say is you ‘d best make two batches. These are awesome exactly the way the recipe calls for. So good with the fresh ginger.
These were delicious! I did make a few changes though. I added 1/4 tsp of cinnamon and grated nutmeg and I had to substitute the molasses for maple syrup/ honey.
Need more molasses and ginger.
We followed the recipe to a T except we didn’t have molasses (we used honey instead) and they were PERFECT!!! The most delicious, chewy on the inside crisp on the outside cookies ever! Perfect subtle ginger flavor.
These cookies are divine. The nine people in our household have different taste preferences but all agreed that these are amazing. Firm and chewy, bursting with ginger and molasses. These are definitely going in my recipe box.
perfect fresh ginger cookie
Great cookies! Perfect taste! Nothing overpowering!
Fabulous. Made exactly as written except added 1 tsp of ground ginger powder for a little more kick.