GINGER AND SPICE COOKIES

Ginger and Spice Cookies image

Soft cookies, with a touch of spice.

Provided by Janet

Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoons ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
½ cup unsulfured molasses
1 ¼ cups white sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in molasses and eggs. Stir in vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Gradually stir into the butter mixture. Lightly cover a piece of wax paper with sugar. Drop tablespoon-sized pieces of dough onto paper and coat with sugar.
Bake 14 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Let cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 84.5 calories, Carbohydrate 12.7 g, Cholesterol 14.3 mg, Fat 3.3 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 39.2 mg, Sugar 5.7 g