Time 25m Yield 60 Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups of sugar until smooth. Mix in the eggs, and then the molasses. Combine the whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, heaping the measures if you like a lot of spice. Stir the dry ingredients into the molasses mixture just until blended. Roll the dough into small balls, and dip the top of each ball into the remaining white sugar. Place the cookies about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops are cracked. Bake longer for crispy cookies, less time for chewy cookies. Cool on wire racks.
Time 45m Yield about 5 dozen. Number Of Ingredients 15 Steps:
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in molasses, egg and fresh ginger., Combine flours, ground ginger, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in crystallized ginger. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in sugar mixture. Place 3 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. , Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
Time 28m Yield 3 1/2 dozen Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On your mixer using the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the egg and the molasses and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the bowl, then add the remaining ingredients and mix on low speed until everything is combined. Do not overmix. Using about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie, roll into balls and place them 2 inches apart on parchment lined pans. Bake until flat and evenly browned, about 13 minutes. Cool on the pan, the remove to a rack to finish cooling. These cookies are best the day they are baked, but will keep for several days. Note: You can make the dough ahead, roll into logs, freeze, then slice and bake when you need them. That’s how I make them. Note #2: You can also dip these in chocolate, just half-way up the cookie, to dress them up.
Time 55m Yield 24 cookies Number Of Ingredients 17 Steps:
Whisk together the dry ingredients in a small bowl. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, and stir with a stiff spatula until well incorporated. Preheat your oven to 375°F. Cover the dough and let the flours hydrate for about 20 minutes. Form dough balls of about one tablespoon size and roll them in the white sugar. Place the balls on ungreased cookie sheets about two inches apart if you’re making the chewy cookies and about four inches apart if you’re making the crispy cookies. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the center of the cookies no longer looks wet. Let the sheet cool for a couple of minutes and then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Store the chewy cookies in a close container to maintain the softness. The crispy cookies can be stored however you prefer.
