Mom's molasses spiced cookies
Ingredients:
- 2⁄3 cup canola oil or vegetable oil (155 g)
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed (180 g)
- 1 large egg
- 4 tablespoons molasses (100 g)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (240 g)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda (10 g)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (3 g)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (2 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger (4 g)
- granulated sugar (for sprinkling on top)
Directions:
Molasses spiced cookies: In a large mixing bowl, cream the oil, sugar, egg, and molasses together. This is easiest to do with an electric mixer or stand mixer, but you can do it by hand with a whisk if you are ready for a small workout.
Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the creamed mixture and whisk or mix to incorporate. You are done when everything is combined well and there are no dry flour spots in the dough.
Allow your cookie dough to rest in a covered bowl in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or up to an hour.
When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 C).
Using a cookie scoop or measuring spoon, drop a teaspoon of cookie dough onto a non-greased cookie sheet, roll it into a ball, and then sprinkle each ball with sugar.
Bake cookies for 9 to 10 minutes.
Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the sheet pan.