Ingredients
Scale
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup molasses
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/3 cup coarse sugar for rolling cookie dough in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large mixing bowl stir together the brown sugar, butter, molasses, and egg and set aside.
- In another bowl stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.
- Slowly stir the flour mixture into the molasses mixture until totally combined.
- Chill cookie dough in the refrigerator for one hour.
- Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop the dough out of the bowl and drop the dough balls on to a plate of coarse sugar.
- Roll cookie dough in sugar and place on a lined cookie sheet {I like to use parchment paper} and bake at 350 degrees for 9 to 10 minutes.
- Cool on wire racks.
- Serve with a big glass of milk.