Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup white sugar (plus extra for rolling cookies)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 ½ tsp fresh ginger root, peeled and grated (about 1 to 1.5 inch piece of ginger root)
- 1 ½ tsp ground ginger powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 3 oz crystalized ginger, diced (about ¼ to 1/3 cup after dicing)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line rimmed cookie sheet with baking parchment.
- Cream butter and sugars together in a stand mixer or deep mixing bowl with hand-mixer, until light and fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed.
- Add eggs, molasses, and fresh grated ginger to the bowl, mix to combine. Add ground ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and baking soda to bowl, mix to combine.
- Blend flour into mixture, a half cup at a time, until just combined. Using a wooden spoon or spatula, stir in crystalized ginger until fairly evenly distributed through the dough.
- Roll tablespoons of dough into balls. Roll each dough ball in granulated sugar and place on the lined baking sheets, leaving two or three inches between.
- Bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes. (For a crisper cookie, increase baking time to 12-14 minutes.