Spicy Molasses Cookies

~ 36 small cookies, 25 large (ice cream spoon size)

Experience

• 12/2022: made it once the year before and Josh and Matt ate them up in a second. Made it again in Dec 2022, once full recipe once half recipe with a egg yolk
• 12/2023: made a double batch for the microbakery. not rolling anything in sugar.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2/3 cups (155 g) white sugar
• 2/3 cups (145 g) brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup (115 g) molasses
• 3 cups (370 g) flour
• 3 tsp baking soda
• 3-4 tsp ground ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp cardamon
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 3/4 tsp salt
• sugar for rolling

Recipe

1. Oven 175 C = 350 F
2. Cream butter and sugars together in a stand mixer until light and fluffy
3. Add egg & molasses, combine
4. Whisk flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, nutmeg, pepper and salt together in a separate bowl
5. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix well. 
6. Refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.
7. Roll into small, 1 inch wide, and roll in sugar
8. Bake 8-12 minutes.

from feastingathome

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