Ginger Molasses Cookies are a beautiful cookie. Delicious as well. Embossed and dusted with powdered sugar for a beautiful lacey look.
What you need
Flour
Ginger
Cinnamon
Cloves
Nutmeg
Salt
Baking soda
Butter
Sugar
Eggs
Orange juice
Molasses
How to make Ginger Molasses Cookies
Mix together flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt and baking soda. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add eggs and combine. Next add orange juice and molasses and mix well. Add the dry ingredient mixture in three batches, mixing as you go.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface to create a rectangle shape. Flour the surface, the dough and the rolling pin to avoid sticking. Once your dough is rolled flat, roll over it with a well floured embossed rolling pin. You should be able to see the embossed design. Cut out with a 3 inch scalloped cookie cutter. Re-roll the dough, and repeat the process until all the dough is gone. Place the cookies on baking sheets and refrigerate for 30 minutes. This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.
Bake in a 325 degree oven for 10 minutes. Cool completely. then brush with powdered sugar to enhance the embossed design.
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Ginger Molasses Cookies are a beautiful cookie. Delicious as well. Embossed and dusted with powdered sugar for a beautiful lacey look.
Ingredients
- 5 1/2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 sticks butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1/2 cup molasses
Directions
- Step 1 Mix together flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- Step 2 Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Step 3 Add eggs and combine.
- Step 4 Add orange juice and molasses and mix well.
- Step 5 Add the dry ingredient mixture in three batches, mixing as you go.
- Step 6 Roll out the dough on a floured surface to create a rectangle shape. Flour the surface, the dough and the rolling pin to avoid sticking.
- Step 7 Once your dough is rolled flat, roll over it with a well floured embossed rolling pin. You should be able to see the embossed design.
- Step 8 Cut out with a 3 inch scalloped cookie cutter. Re-roll the dough, and repeat the process until all the dough is gone.
- Step 9 Place the cookies on baking sheets and refrigerate for 30 minutes. This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.
- Step 10 Bake in a 325 degree oven for 10 minutes. Cool completely. then brush with powdered sugar to enhance the embossed design.
