Ginger Molasses Cookies

Ginger Molasses Cookies are one of my favourite winter time cookie. A chewy cookie with molasses and warm spices with a cup of tea when it's cold and snow covered outside is a lovely thing. These cookies are spiced with dried Ginger, cinnamon & cloves. You might be tempted to bake them longer than the suggested 10 - 12 minutes, but they should seem slightly under baked when you take them out. I left one batch a bit longer, and while they were still good the lesser time was best, resulting in a perfectly moist, chewy ginger molasses cookie! As they should be. Enjoy.

Ginger Molasses Cookies

Yield 25 cookies (mine were smallish, giant ginger cookies would be fun too!)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown sugar + a bit of white sugar for rolling 
• 3/4 cup vegan butter, softened
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seed mixed with 2 tbsp water, let sit 10 min)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Beat brown sugar and vegan butter together using a hand mixer for a few minutes, scraping down sides.
3. Beat in one at a time, molasses, flax egg and vanilla.
4. Add flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves & sea salt to the bowl. I give it a little mix on top of the wet mixture, then mix dry into wet until just combined. 
5. Form dough into balls, and roll in sugar. 
6. Place balls on parchment lined baking sheet, flatten down a bit then pop in the oven for 10 - 12 minutes. 
7. Cool on wire racks. Eat them up or freeze for later!