Description
Delicious gingerbread cookies perfect for the holiday season.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- ¼ cup butter (at cool room temperature)
- ¼ cup molasses (not blackstrap)
- 1 large egg
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- In large bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, butter, molasses, and egg until well-combined.
- Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar.
- Shape dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into 1 ½-inch balls. Dip tops into granulated sugar.
- On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls, sugared sides up, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake 10-15 minutes or just until set. The cookies will still look a little wet in the cracks, but the tops and edges should be set. The cookies will also be a little puffed up but will deflate as they cool.
- Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, and then remove cookies to cooling rack.
Notes
- Ensure butter is at cool room temperature for better mixing.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before storing.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg