Spice Cookies

Spice Cookies

Plan Ahead Note: the butter needs to be softened to room temperature and the dough needs to be refrigerated for one hour.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4 dozen cookies
Course: Christmas

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup light brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ cup granulated sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Mix butter and brown sugar at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy.           
  3. Add egg and molasses.
  4. Combine flour through cloves and slowly add to dough, mixing until soft dough forms.
  5. Roll onto plastic wrap, wrap tightly and refrigerate for one hour.
  6. Roll dough into balls and roll into sugar to coat.
  7. Place on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until cookies begin to crack.
  8. Move to a wire rack and cool completely.

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