Ginger Spice Cookies

  • 4
  • 25 mins
  • 32 mins

Ingredients

  • Veg oil
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp each cinnamon and ginger
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup veg oil
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Arrange oven racks in tip and bottom thirds of oven. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray or coat 2 baking sheets with oil. In a medium bowl using a fork stir flour with baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt. In a large bowl, beat egg with a fork. Then beat in oil and molasses. Using a wooden spoon beat in brown sugar until evenly mixed. Gradually stir in flour mixture until well mixed.
Place granulated sugar in a small bowl. Pinch off about 1 tbsp dough and roll into a bal. Then roll in sugar until evenly coated. Place on baking sheet. Continue with remaining dough, placing balls at least 2 inches apart.
Bake on 2 racks in preheated oven, switching position of sheets halway through baking until cookies begin to crack and set around edges, 7 to 10 mins.. Remove baking sheets to a rack. Let cool on sheets.