Name: Gingerbread cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: Makes 20 cookies
Ingredients: 1 stick plus 1 tbsp unsalted butter softened; 1½ tbsp dark molasses; 1⅓ cups light brown soft sugar; ½ tsp fine sea salt; 1 egg; 1¾ cups plus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour; ¼ tsp baking soda; ¼ tsp ground cloves; 1½ tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ cup granulated sugar

Gingerbread cookies

Put your feet up and enjoy these spiced gingerbread cookies with a hot drink – they're made with cloves, ginger, cinnamon and dark molasses

32 min total 20 min prep 12 min cook Makes 20 cookies 135 cal

Instructions

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1 Beat the butter, molasses, brown sugar and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg, then beat in all of the remaining dry ingredients, except the sugar. Refrigerate for 1 hr.
2 Heat the oven to 400F/gas 6. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Roll the cookie dough out into 20 even-sized balls (weighing for accuracy, if you like). Tip the sugar onto a small plate, then roll each ball in it to coat. Space each ball out on the cookie sheets, then bake for 9-10 mins until golden brown. Leave to cool completely on a cooling rack.