I make these a lot and just made a batch yesterday, and they’re actually pretty healthy because of the ingredients with nutritional benefits. We like to taste the ginger so we’ve changed from one tablespoon to two healthy tablespoons (recipe below), and the ceylon cinnamon has a little kick over the processed cinnamon as well. And there is a lot of nutrition in the Plantation Blackstrap Molasses. So enjoy some healthy cookies which are quick and easy to make.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 cup raw sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup Plantation blackstrap molasses
- 2 cups Red Mills all-purpose flour
- 2 healthy tablespoons organic ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon organic ceylon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Himalayan salt
- ½ cup sugar for decoration
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup raw sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses until well blended. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; stir into the molasses mixture to form a dough. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. For chewy cookies I like 8:30 minutes, and go 9:00 to 9:30 for crunchy cookies (and adjust for your oven).