The best gingerbread cookies!

Shhhhh… don’t tell anyone, but I have a secret…  These are the first gingerbread cookies I’ve ever made.   I was searching for the kind where I could make cute little gingerbread men to decorate, because I thought that would be a fun activity to do with the kids.  But I stumbled across this recipe instead:  Big Soft Gingerbread Cookies from AllRecipes.com. I never thought I’d be a gingerbread cookie fan, but these are AMAZING.

I love choosing recipes where at least a couple hundred people have reviewed it with 5 stars.  This one had over 3600 five star reviews!  You’ve gotta trust the masses!  So I had to give it a try.

I adapted the recipe slightly and made these gingerbread cookies a few nights ago and they were absolutely delicious!  It made about 2.5 dozen cookies and they disappeared within 2 days.  And I’m not even a cookie fan!

They are moist and soft and perfectly spiced, and even though I didn’t expect myself to become a gingerbread cookie fan, I’m craving them already and as soon as I get the time I’m going to make them again!  They really are the best!

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5 from 2 votes

Big Soft Ginger Cookies

These cookies are moist and soft and perfectly spiced!

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 4 tablespoons white sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses.
• Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture.
• Shape dough into 1" (25mm) sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 4 tablespoons of sugar.
• Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven.
• Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container.

 

One Little Project’s review = a BIG 5 stars!  Just a word of advice – If you are making these for the first time, be prepared to eat them.  A lot of them. You might have to make another batch if you had planned to take them somewhere.

Source : onelittleproject.com
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