gingersnaps sugar cookie

These sweet and chewy cookies remind me of Christmas. I believe it’s the combination of ginger and cinnamon flavors that makes this a holiday cookie. This recipe makes about 30 cookies.

1.25 cup all purpose flour
0.5 cup sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
1/2 cup butter (1 stick) at room temperature
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon baking soda
0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
sugar to coat

Preheat oven to 375F. Mix ginger, cinnamon, backing soda and flour together well. In a separate bowl, cream butter with sugar. Add egg yolk and beat until smooth. Add flour mixture to the bowl and beat until well mixed. Place small mounds (about 1 tbsp) of batter on your backing dish. Sprinkle sugar over cookies. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Cool on racks before serving.