Chewy Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

• 180 g butter
• 500 g brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 60 ml molasses
• 10 g baking soda
• 600 g flour
• 2.5 g ground cinnamon
• 5 g ground ginger
• 5 g ground cloves
• 2.5 g salt
• to taste sugar

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F or Gas Mark 4).
2. Cream the butter and the sugar in a stand mixer or with an electric whisk.
3. Beat in the egg.
4. Stir in the molasses.
5. Combine the baking soda, flour, spices, and salt in a separate bowl.
6. Gently mix the dry mixture into the wet mixture to make a dough.
7. Shape into small (2.5 cm/1 inch diameter) balls.
8. Roll in granulated sugar.
9. Place on a greased cookie sheet.
10. Do not flatten the balls.
11. They will spread out a little bit during baking, so space them about 1.5–2 inches apart.
12. Bake for about 11 minutes.
13. One way to tell they are done is when the cookies are cracked but the dough inside the cracks doesn't look quite finished.
14. Beyond that they will be too done.
15. Remove the pan from the oven.
16. Cool to room temperature.