1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
2 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves1/2 teaspoon salt
- Combine first five ingredients. Beat well.
- Sift dry ingredients together, then add to wet. Stir until just combined, don't over work dough.
- Form into balls and roll in white sugar. Place on baking sheet and flatten slightly.
- Bake @ 375° for 10 minutes.
This is definitely a classic recipe and one of my favourites.
ReplyDeleteYUM!!!
(Did you see my gingerbread cookie post?)
Valerie
Your gingerbread cookies looks fabulous! This is one delicious festive cookie!
ReplyDeleteAlison, I have just made these and they are DIVINE! What a fantastic recipe, such a great balance of flavours and the crunchy chewy thing they have going on is positively addictive. I'm going to try to link to this recipe from my facebook page and I will tweet it too. Great recipe!!
ReplyDeleteI have a recipe that is very similar to this one and I *ADORE* these golden, chewy little gems! YUMMY!!!
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