Chewy Chocolate Ginger Cookies

3.77 from 43 votes

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Prep Time:15

Cook Time:10

Total Time:25

Servings: 24 cookies

Ingredients

1 1/2 sticks, 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
1 large egg
1/4 cup molasses
1 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg, freshly ground!
1/4 tsp allspice
extra sugar for rolling

Instructions

Set oven to 350F
Cream the butter, sugar, and cocoa powder until creamy.
Blend in the egg and molasses.
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and spices to together. Add to the wet ingredients and blend just until combined. Don't over mix.
Scoop dough into small balls, I used my 1 1/2 inch diameter cookie scoop, and roll them in the sugar to coat.
Set the dough on an ungreased cookie sheet ( you can line with a silpat mat or parchment paper) at least 2 inches apart.
Bake for 8-10 minutes depending on size. They will look slightly under done, but will firm up as they cool.
Let the cookies cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a rack.

Notes

These cookies, like most cookies, will come out slightly differently every time for me, depending on the flour I use, how I measure it, the exact temperature of my oven, what pan I use, how big my scoops of dough are, etc. I like to bake one or two test cookies to get the lay of the land before I do an entire pan full.

If you'd like a darker chocolate cookie, use a dark Dutched cocoa like Hershey's Special Dark. I used regular cocoa for mine and the color was subtle.

Don't over bake these...they will look slightly puffed and underdone when they come out of the oven, and they will flatten and crackle as they cool. Let them cool a bit on the pan before transferring to a rack so they have a chance to firm up.

These cookies store wonderfully, even in plastic baggies, they keep their outer crunch and their inner chewiness perfectly for days!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Sue Moran

Keyword: bar cookies, ginger, holiday

Nutrition

Calories: 138 kcal · Carbohydrates: 20 g · Protein: 1 g · Fat: 6 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 0.2 g · Cholesterol: 22 mg · Sodium: 141 mg · Potassium: 72 mg · Fiber: 0.4 g · Sugar: 13 g · Vitamin A: 187 IU · Vitamin C: 0.01 mg · Calcium: 12 mg · Iron: 1 mg

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