Something sweet

The Absolute Best Christmas Ginger Cookie Recipe

Serves 4 $1.89 est. / serving

A little inspiration for your kitchen, with a clear ingredient list and a cost estimate to help you plan.

Let’s cook

Estimated ingredient cost$7.54For the whole recipe · ingredients used

The Absolute Best Christmas Ginger Cookie Recipe — Representative photograph; ingredients, garnishes and presentation may vary.

YOUR TIME IN THE KITCHEN

Make something good.

01
Combine brown sugar, oil, molasses, and egg with a beater and blend about one minute.
02
Add dry ingredients (excluding decorative sugar) and beat until blended well.
03
Pinch out dough and roll into balls about one inch in diameter.
04
Roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
05
Smash down gently (and just slightly) with the bottom of a glass.
06
Bake in 375 degree oven for exactly 8 minutes.
07
After cooling about five minutes, remove with spatula and cool completely on cooling rack.

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Recipe source

Foodista / Common Pile

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Photograph

Photo of Moravian Molasses Cookies — Foodista. Source-provided contributor credit: By Foodista member purplehousedirt

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Ingredient photographs (7)

Flour
File:All-Purpose Flour (4107895947).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. All-Purpose Flour
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Baking soda, dried
File:No name sans nom baking soda.jpg — Michael Francis McCarthy. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sagamiono/4299196396/
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Cinnamon spice
File:Ground Cinnamon Powder and a Cinnamon Stick.jpg — formulatehealth. https://www.flickr.com/photos/189590028@N07/50381022213/ Creator: https://formulatehealth.com/.
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Brown sugar
File:Sugar Brown.jpg — Donovan Govan.. Image taken by me using a Canon PowerShot G3 (reference 7921).
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Plain canola oil
File:Sunflower oil.jpg — Tiia Monto. Own work
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Egg
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Sugar
File:Bowl of white sugar.jpg — Douglas P Perkins. Own work
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