Chewy Molasses Cookies
Soft and chewy cookies made with warm spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom, sweetened with molasses and brown sugar. These cookies have a crackly sugar coating and a perfectly chewy center.
Ingredients
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •2 teaspoons baking soda
- •1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- •1 teaspoon ground ginger
- •¾ teaspoons ground cardamom
- •½ teaspoons kosher salt
- •1 large egg
- •½ cup unsalted butter
- •⅓ cup granulated sugar
- •⅓ cup molasses
- •¼ cup dark brown sugar
- •¼ cup sanding sugar
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Place racks in lower and upper thirds of oven; preheat to 375°F. Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk egg, butter, granulated sugar, molasses, and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Mix in dry ingredients just to combine.
10 min
- 2.
Place sanding sugar in a shallow bowl. Scoop out dough by the tablespoonful and roll into balls (if dough is sticky, chill 20 minutes). Roll in sugar and place on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2" apart.
15 min
- 3.
Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets halfway through, until cookies are puffed, cracked, and just set around edges (over-baked cookies won't be chewy), 8-10 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool.
10 min
- 4.
MAKE AHEAD: Cookie dough can be made and rolled into balls 2 weeks ahead. Freeze on a baking sheet; transfer to resealable plastic bags. Let sit at room temperature 30 minutes before rolling in sugar.
