Mama’s Spicy Ginger Crinkle Cookies

These spicy ginger cookies are made with molasses and ginger.  The dough is rolled in sugar and then baked.  You get a delicious spicy cookie with a beautifully crackled top.

My husband loved this soft, chewy cookie.  If you like them crispier, bake them longer.

Mama’s Spicy Ginger Crinkle Cookies Recipe:

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup packed pure cane brown sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup fancy molasses

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground allspice or cloves

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/4 cup pure cane granulated sugar

Mama’s Spicy Ginger Crinkle Cookies Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl; beat shortening with brown sugar until fluffy.  Then, beat in egg, molasses, and vanilla until smooth.   In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and salt; stir into molasses mixture a little at a time.

Roll dough into balls (about a tablespoon per ball).   Roll in granulated sugar to coat and place about 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined or greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350 degrees F for about 9-11 minutes or until tops are crackled.  Then, cool on a cooling rack.

This recipe makes about 46 delicious, spicy ginger cookies.