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Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup sucanat
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 tsp. dried ginger
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp. ginger freshly grated
  • 3/4 tsp. sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350ºF.  Add your butter to a bowl.  I left mine sitting out for several hours to soften.
  • Dump your sucanat on top.
  • Add your molasses.
  • Now, cream it all together, stirring until light and fluffy.
  • Add the spices.
  • Add the fresh grated ginger.  Yummy!  I peeled a small bit of mine using a normal vegetable peeler (they make ginger peelers, did you know?) and then used the tiny side of a cheese grater to grate it.
  • Stir it up, then add sea salt and baking soda.
  • Add your egg.
  • Stir this up well, then add your flour.
  • Mix it up until it forms a fairly stiff dough.  It won't be like cookies you can roll out, but it will be hard to stir.
  • Drop spoonfuls of the dough onto a cookie sheet.  Your oven should be preheated to 350ºF by now.
  • Bake them for 8 - 12 minutes or when the edges are barely golden brown.