molassses_cookies.md

Gingler Molassas Cookies

Modified from:

• http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chewy-molasses-cookies-51205630
• https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/chewy-ginger-molasses-cookies/

Ingredients

• 250g unsalted butter, melted

• 75g white sugar

• 75g brown sugar

• 60g molasses

• 2 eggs

• 500g all-purpose (550) flour

• 4g baking soda

• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• 3/4 teaspoons ground cardamom

• 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt

• Coarse sanding or raw sugar (for rolling)

Instructions

• Ppreheat to 180°C. (Or 190 if non-convection)
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and spices, set aside.
• Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar.
• Add molasses, egg.
• Mix in dry ingredients just to combine.
• Chill dough, 20+min

Baking

• Place sanding sugar in a shallow bowl.

• Scoop out dough by the tablespoonful and roll into balls, dust with sugar.

• Place on parchment/silicone-lined baking sheets, 5cm spacing

• Bake cookies 8-10min, rotating baking sheets halfway through.

• They should be puffed, cracked, and just set around edges (over-baked cookies won't be chewy)

Storage: Cookie dough balls can be frozen and stored for 2 weeks.

Let sit at room temperature 30 minutes before rolling in sugar and baking.