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Super Soft Ginger Cookies

Name: Super Soft Ginger Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 24
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 cups margarine, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 large egg; 1 tablespoon water; 1/4 cup molasses; 2 tablespoons sugar

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Prep 15 min
Total 25 min
Servings 24

Nice big, soft ginger cookies. A great recipe when you are craving cookies but looking for something a bit different that plain old chocolate chip or sugar cookies. MORE+ LESS-

By TBSP Geoff

Updated May 7, 2015

Ingredients

2 1/4

cups all-purpose flour

teaspoons ground ginger

teaspoon baking soda

3/4

teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2

teaspoon ground cloves

1/4

teaspoon salt

3/4

cups margarine, softened

cup sugar

large egg

tablespoon water

1/4

cup molasses

tablespoons sugar

Steps

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1

Preheat oven to 350° F. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
2

In large bowl, cream together margarine and 1 cup sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Slowly add sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into balls (about the size of a golf ball) and roll in remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar.
3

Shape dough into balls (about the size of a golf ball) and roll in remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place cookies 2-3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly.
4

Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.