Ginger Cookies Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Ginger Cookies
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cloves

Directions:

  1. The oven must be preheated to 375 degrees F.
  2. Cream the butter, which MUST BE SOFT and the sugar.
  3. Stir in the egg, molasses and vinegar; beat well.
  4. Shift dry ingredients. (the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves); stir them into the wet ingrdients.
  5. Chill the dough for 3 hours or overnight.
  6. After the 3 hours or the next day, on a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8 of an inch thick. (or as close to that as you can, just make sure that they are the same thickness so that they will bake evenly).
  7. Cut into shapes and place 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
  8. At this point you can decorate the cookies with candy, raisins, nuts and colored sugars if you want.
  9. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 6 minutes.
  10. Cool slightly; remove cookies from cookie sheet and cool them on a rack or an unfolded brown paper bag.
  11. Enjoy!
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1356.55 Kcal (5680 kJ)
Calories from fat 437.86 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 48.65g 75%
Cholesterol 162.93mg 54%
Sodium 819.81mg 34%
Potassium 1439.25mg 31%
Total Carbs 212.84g 71%
Sugars 92.63g 371%
Dietary Fiber 5.06g 20%
Protein 17.68g 35%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 6.1mg 34%
Calcium 223.6mg 22%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 387.22 Kcal (1621 kJ)
Calories from fat 124.99 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.89g 75%
Cholesterol 46.51mg 54%
Sodium 234.01mg 34%
Potassium 410.83mg 31%
Total Carbs 60.76g 71%
Sugars 26.44g 371%
Dietary Fiber 1.44g 20%
Protein 5.05g 35%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 19%
Iron 1.7mg 34%
Calcium 63.8mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 30.4
    Points
  • 37
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top