EASY CHEWY GINGER COOKIES

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These soft ginger cookies are a favorite of ours around the holidays.

Provided by Polychrome

Time 35m

Yield 26

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
½ cup molasses
¾ cup white sugar

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.8 calories, Carbohydrate 42.8 g, Cholesterol 42.5 mg, Fat 11.2 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.9 g, Sodium 143.6 mg, Sugar 24.7 g