Description
These soft and chewy ginger cookies are warmly spiced with ginger and cloves, featuring crisp sugary edges and tender centers. Perfect for holiday baking or an everyday sweet treat.
Ingredients
- 260 g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt or kosher salt
- 113 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 150 g light brown sugar
- ¼ cup treacle (85 g)
- 1 large egg
- 55 g crystallised ginger, finely chopped
- ⅓ cup demerara sugar (turbinado sugar) for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C / 350F / 160C fan forced. Line 2 large baking sheets with baking paper.
- Sift together the flour, ground ginger, baking soda, ground cloves, and salt. Whisk to combine evenly and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and treacle with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Scrape down the bowl and add the egg. Beat until fully incorporated.
- Add the flour mixture and mix until almost combined. Stir in the crystallised ginger and continue mixing until fully incorporated.
- Scoop approximately 3 teaspoons of dough and roll into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in demerara sugar and place on prepared baking sheets 1 to 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 to 9 minutes, being careful not to overbake. Let cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- Serve warm or allow to cool completely before storing.
Notes
- Do not overbake if you want soft and chewy cookies.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
- You can freeze the dough balls before baking for fresh cookies anytime.
- Treacle can be substituted with molasses if needed.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 95 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 3.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 0.4 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 12 mg
