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GiGi's Best Ginger Cookies

Here's a newly updated ginger cookie recipe with a couple of surprises to enhance the ginger flavor!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas, Christmas cookies, cookies, Dessert, Ginger

Ingredients

Creamed Mixture:

  • 1/3 c butter, room temperature
  • 1/3 c coconut oil (solid form)- unrefined
  • 1-1/4 c Turbinado sugar- (Sugar in the Raw)
  • 1/4 c molasses
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 t orange zest* optional

Dry Ingredients:

  • 2 c all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 1-1/2 t baking soda
  • 1 t Kosher salt
  • 1 t cloves
  • 1 t ginger
  • 1/4 t freshly ground black pepper* optional

Roll-In Mixture

  • 2 T Turbinado Sugar(Sugar in the Raw)
  • 1/2 t cinnamon

Instructions

Creamed Ingredents:

  • Cream together room temperature butter and coconut oil(solid form) with the sugar. until well blended.
  • Add in molasses, 1 room temperature egg and orange zest just until incorporated.

Dry Ingredients:

  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients
  • Gradually combine into creamed mixture.
  • Chill dough for about an hour.
  • Using a cookie scoop, drop them about 2" apart onto a rimmed cookie sheet pan. Then dip tops into cinnamon sugar mixture (below).

Roll-Ins:

  • Combine sugar with cinnamon. Once scooped, gently dip the tops of the cookie dough into the sugar and place back onto cookie pan

Bake:

  • 375°F for 10 minutes or 350℉ convection for 10-12 minutes