Burnt Sugar Ginger Cookies
These Burnt Sugar Ginger Cookies have all the fall feels wrapped up in an incredibly tasty cookie!
Servings: 46 cookies
Calories: 160kcal
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 136mg | Potassium: 100mg | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 140IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.8mg