Go Back
Print Recipe
5 from 1 vote

Burnt Sugar Ginger Cookies

These Burnt Sugar Ginger Cookies have all the fall feels wrapped up in an incredibly tasty cookie!
Cook Time13 minutes
Hardening Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Servings: 46 cookies
Calories: 160kcal
Author: MaryAnn Dwyer

Ingredients

Burnt Sugar Ginger

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tsp. fresh ginger, finely grated

Ginger Cookies

  • 16 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light or dark brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup unsulphered molasses
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 3 tsp. ground ginger
  • 3 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1 tsp. sea salt

Cookie Coating

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Instructions

Burnt Sugar Ginger

  • Spray a rimmed baking sheet generously with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Add the sugar and ginger to a large saucepan. Massage the ginger into the sugar with your fingers. Turn the heat onto medium-high and stir continuously until the sugar liquefies and no sugar crystals remain. The color will be golden brown. Pour onto the prepared sheet and spread with a spatula until about 1/4-inch thick. Set aside for one hour to harden. Once cool, turn out onto a cutting board and cut into 1-inch and smaller shards. They'll be sharp, so be careful.

Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a few large baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • To a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar and mix on medium speed for 4 minutes until light and fluffy. Turn mixer to low and add eggs, one at a time, making sure each egg is fully blended before adding the next, and scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the molasses and fresh ginger and continue to mix for 1 minute until thoroughly combined. Remove bowl from mixer.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Add this dry mixture to the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined with a few streaks of flour. Add in burnt sugar shards, stirring until evenly distributed. 

Cookie Coating

  • Place granulated sugar in a small, shallow bowl. Roll two tablespoons of dough into a ball and then roll the ball into the sugar until it's generously coated. Place on baking sheet leaving two inches between the balls.
  • Bake one sheet at a time in the center of oven for 13 minutes. Cool cookies completely on sheet when done baking.