Oma's Ginger Cookies

Name: Oma's Ginger Cookies
Total time: 25
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 ⅛ cups white sugar, divided, or as needed; ¾ cup butter; 4 tablespoons molasses; 1 egg; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 3 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided, or as needed; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe by Abby Cobb from allrecipes.com

Dessert 25 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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1 ⅛ cups white sugar, divided, or as needed
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¾ cup butter
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4 tablespoons molasses
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1 egg
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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3 teaspoons baking soda

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2 teaspoons ground ginger
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1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided, or as needed
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1 teaspoon ground cloves
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¼ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.
Beat 1 cup sugar, butter, molasses, and egg together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer.
Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat into butter mixture until combined.
Combine 1/8 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Roll cookie dough into 1-inch balls. Roll cookies in the sugar-cinnamon mixture to coat. Place on the prepared cookie sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden and edges are set, about 11 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool at least 5 minutes before serving or storing.