Big soft ginger cookies are a favourite at our house. If you like Gingerbread, but like your cookies soft, you will absolutely love these!
- 2 & 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 c margarine
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp water
- 1/4 c molasses
- 2 tbsp white sugar (or more) for tossing dough balls in.
Preheat oven to 350.
- Sift together flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside
- In a large bowl, cream margarine and 1 cup sugar.
- Beat in egg, and stir in water and molasses.
- Gradually stir in dry ingredients.
- Set covered in fridge for at least 20 mins so it’s not too sticky to form balls.
- Shape walnut sized balls and toss in a small bowl of white sugar until lightly coated.
- Flatten cookies to about 1/4 inch with bottom of a drinking glass. (if your dough sticks to the glass, press the glass into a bit of white sugar first)
I love using this glass because of the design on the bottom.
- Bake 8 to 10 mins (I go for the full 10 in my oven on my baking stone).
Store in an air tight container.
Enjoy!!Looking for more of our favourite eats? Check out the RECIPE category in the sidebar of my blog.
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Beautiful. A must add to my ever growing christmas cookie list.
Glad you think so! Let me know how you like them if you make them!
Oh my! What a clever clever idea to use the glass!!!
Maggy
Those look SOOOO delicious! My favorite kind of cookie…I’ll be trying them out this weekend!
YUM! Pinning this recipe!
Fabulous idea using the glass! I pinned this recipe also and will be making these for our Christmas party.
Glad you like! They’re perfect for a Christmas party!
These look beautifully delicious and I can’t wait to try them out. I’m wondering if you’ve ever made them with butter instead of margarine?
Pinning this recipe
I emailed you, Mary, with my answer to your question, but in case anyone else is wondering, no, I haven’t tried them with butter just in case it affected the way they turned out.
Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe! I tried it with butter today… took a bit more effort to whip but other than that, no complaints! I’m not sure whether the margarine makes them softer but mine were just chewy enough
And my daughters loved it!
I am going to have to look for a drinking glass with a pretty bottom.
sandi