Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 3/8 cup vegetable oil (88 ml)
• 1/8 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 5 tbsp + 1 tsp granulated sugar

Directions

1. Arrange oven racks in top and bottom thirds of oven

2. Preheat oven to 350F (you may need to reduce the temperature depending on your oven)

3. Lightly spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray

4. In a medium bowl, using a fork, stir flour with baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt

5. In a large bowl, beat egg with a fork

6. Then beat in oil and molasses

7. Using a wooden spoon, beat in brown sugar until evenly mixed

8. Gradually stir in flour mixture until well mixed (if too runny add a little flour until it’s a little thicker but not stiff like normal cookie dough

9. Place granulated sugar in a small bowl.

10. Pinch off about 1 tbsp of dough and roll into a ball.

11. Then roll in granulated sugar until evenly coated

12. Place on baking sheets. Continue with remaining dough, place dough at least 2 inches apart on baking sheets

13. Bake on 2 racks in preheated oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies begin to crack and set around the edges up to 10 minutes (don’t burn!)

14. Remove baking sheets to racks. Let cool on sheets.

15. Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days or freeze up to 1 month.

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