These cookies are packed with delicious spices and molasses and just smell amazing as they bake and look great on a Zak Serving Tray. If you didn’t know what time of the year it was and walked into a house where these cookies were baking, you would immediately know it was the holidays. The cookies are packed with delicious spices and molasses and just smell amazing as they bake.
I used a lot of spices in these bad boys but they all add something nice to the cookies so I wouldn’t recommend leaving any out. I guess you could leave out the crystallized ginger since that’s kind of an extra, but I like the little crunch they give the cookies.
Once you have your spices measured out just add them to the flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk them together. If you have ground spices already, this is easy to do. Once you have your spices measured out just add them to the flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk them together.
Once you have your spices measured out just add them to the flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk them together.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until it’s light and fluffy. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until it’s light and fluffy. Then you can mix in the egg and molasses.
Try not to over mix the dough. Once that is all ready to go, just mix in the flour mixture until the dough just comes together. Try not to over mix the dough.You can either make the cookies right away or chill the dough for later.
Space them out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. When you want to make the cookies, scoop out tablespoon-sized balls of dough and roll them in sugar. Then space them out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.You should get about 3 dozen cookies from the batch.
They are done when they are getting slightly cracked around the edges. Bake these cookies at 350 degrees F. for about 9-10 minutes. I recommend rotating the baking sheets halfway through so the cookies cook evenly. They are done when they are getting slightly cracked around the edges.
Serve these gingerbread cookies in a Zak Yellow No-Slip Serving Tray. Let these guys cool for a few minutes before chomping into them.
Enjoy these cookies for the holidays. These cookies look commonplace, but they are slightly chewy and packed with flavor!
Happy holidays everybody!
Chewy Double Gingerbread Cookies Recipe Instructions
chewy double gingerbread cookies recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
Cooking Directions
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon crystallized ginger, chopped
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup dark molasses
- 1/2 cup white sugar, for rolling
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, gingers, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar until it’s light and fluffy, about 4-5 minutes.
- Using a mixer, mix in egg and molasses and mix until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until the flour isn’t showing. Try not to over mix the dough.
- When the dough is mixed, scoop out tablespoon-sized balls of the dough and roll them in sugar. Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. You should get about 3 dozen cookies.
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees F. for 9-10 minutes until the cookies are cracking around the edges.
- Remove and let cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets.
