Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies
These gingerbread crinkle cookies are baked with gingerbread spices and rolled in powdered sugar. These cookies spread out in the oven to create a thin and chewy gingerbread cookie with a beautiful crackled effect.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 133kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup molasses unsulfured
- 1 cup powdered sugar for rolling
- ¼ cup granulated sugar for rolling
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and baking powder.
- Cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla until mixed well.
- Add the molasses and mix until well combined.
- After the dough is combined well and soft, tightly cover the bowl and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF and line cookie sheets with parchment and set aside.
- Add ¼ cup of granulated sugar to a bowl and the powdered sugar to another bowl.
- Use a #40 cookie scoop (1.5 tablespoons of dough) to scoop the dough into equal portions. Roll the balls up quickly and roll the cookie dough into the granulated sugar.
- Then, roll the coated cookie dough into the powdered sugar making sure to coat thickly and evenly. Make enough balls of dough for the cookie sheet and bake one cookie sheet at a time.
- Keep the unbaked cookie dough in the fridge between batches.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are set.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before attempting to move the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
NOTE: If the cookies aren't crackled enough for your liking, sprinkle a bit more powdered sugar on them hot out of the oven.
CHILL THE DOUGH - This cookie recipe creates a thin and chewy cookie and chilling the dough is important! If the cookie dough is not chilled it will spread too thin and will not come out right.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 91mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 92IU | Vitamin C: 0.004mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
