Coffee Laced Ginger Molasses Cookies
Winner of the Favorite Holiday Cookies sponsored by Go Bold With Butter Contest
By
Barbara Estabrook
@Barbara_Estabrook
7
My buttery ginger molasses cookie is nicely spiced and a re-make of a molasses cookie I loved as a child. My addition to the batter is instant gourmet coffee crystals and minced crystallized ginger. I also top the cookies with a browned butter, brown sugar, milk, and confectioners' sugar drizzle with a bit of coffee flavor.
This cookie takes me back 60 years to a very special lady who opened her home to all the friends of her children, just to hang out and play games. We enjoyed her ginger cookies right from the oven!
This cookie takes me back 60 years to a very special lady who opened her home to all the friends of her children, just to hang out and play games. We enjoyed her ginger cookies right from the oven!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
This is not just your ordinary molasses cookie recipe! All of the spices and crystallized ginger make this recipe stand out. We loved the drizzle of browned butter icing over the cookies. A delicious sweet treat!
Rating:
★★★★☆ 4 votes4
Comments:
Serves:
22 (2 COOKIES PER SERVING)
Prep:
20 Min
Cook:
1 Hr
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
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2-1/2 call-purpose flour
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1/4 cminced crystallized ginger
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2 tspinstant gourmet coffee crystals
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2 tspbaking soda
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1/4 tspsalt
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1-1/2 tspground cinnamon
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1-1/2 tspground ginger
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1/2 tspground nutmeg
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1/4 tspground cloves
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3/4 cbutter, unsalted (room temperature)
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1 cpacked light brown sugar
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1/4 cmild molasses
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1 largeegg
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1/4 cturbinado sugar
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DRIZZLE
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1/4 cbutter, unsalted
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1/3 cpacked light brown sugar
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3 1/2 Tbspmilk
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1/2 tspinstant gourmet coffee crystals
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1 cconfectioners' sugar
How to Make Coffee Laced Ginger Molasses Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 3 shiny cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- For the cookies, in a medium bowl whisk together the flour, crystallized ginger, coffee crystals, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg, and cloves.
- In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy, using an electric mixer. Gradually beat in brown sugar until blended then beat 2 minutes on medium-high speed.
- Add molasses and egg; beat until blended.
- Add flour mixture in two additions, beating on low speed until no flour is visible.
- Form about 44 dough balls each 1-inch in diameter. Place turbinado sugar in a saucer. Press tops of dough balls into sugar.
- Place balls sugar side up 2-inches apart on lined cookie sheets.
- Bake 15 minutes or until edges are firm, rotating cookie sheets half-way through baking time.
- Remove from oven and place cookie sheets on wire racks. Cool cookies.
- For the drizzle, in a heavy small saucepan cook butter over medium heat until golden brown, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat. Stir in brown sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, and coffee crystals. Return to medium heat; stir until mixture begins to bubble, then without stirring, cook 45 seconds.
- Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes. Beat in confectioners’ sugar, adding 1/2 teaspoon or less milk if too thick.
- Drizzle or pipe over cooled cookies. Let drizzle set before storing covered.
