easy chewy ginger cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 26
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 3/4 cup white sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• whisk flour, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl.
• beat butter in a large bowl until creamy. gradually beat in 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. beat in molasses. stir 1/2 of the flour mixture into butter mixture; add remaining flour mixture and stir until dough is just-combined.
• pour 3/4 sugar into a shallow bowl. roll dough into 2 inch balls and roll each ball in sugar to coat. place sugar-coated dough balls 2 1/2-inches apart on a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown and puffed, 12 to 14 minutes. cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.