One of my second-grade pupils gave me a special “teacher gift” of a dozen of these cookies. The recipe his mother sent to me one day was the nicest present of all. Place in airtight container once cool.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 9 mins |
| Total Time: | 29 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 36 cookies |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- ¼ cup white sugar, or as needed
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup dark molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly coat 3 cookie sheets with cooking spray. Place white sugar in a small, shallow bowl.
- Combine brown sugar, canola oil, molasses, and egg in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until blended.
- Stir together flour, baking soda, ground ginger, grated ginger, cloves, salt, and cayenne pepper in a second bowl. Add flour mixture to the molasses-egg mixture. Blend well; dough will be quite thick. Dough may be refrigerated or shaped at this time.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and roll lightly in white sugar. Place 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven, 1 sheet at a time, for exactly 9 minutes. Cookies will still be soft, but will become crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside as they cool.
- Once the dough is assembled, you can wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for several hours until you are ready to make the cookies.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 94 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 73 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I liked these a lot. Took them to church and they disappeared. I did add the cayenne. When I first tasted the cookies, it was very strong.. overnight the spices mellowed so I would say make these a day in advance