These Pumpkin Ginger Cookies are the perfect addition to your holiday. Made with ginger, molasses, spice, & pumpkin these are the best ginger cookies ever.
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 13 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 45cookies
Calories 77kcal
Author Sandra
Ingredients
2 1/2cupsflour
2teaspoonsbaking soda
2teaspoonsginger
1 1/2teaspoonscinnamon
3/4teaspoonground cloves
1teaspoonsalt
1/2cupbuttersoftened to room temp
1cupwhite granulated sugar
1/2cuppumpkin puree
1/4cupmolasses
1egg
1/2teaspoonvanilla extract
Topping
1/2cupwhite granulated sugar
1/2teaspoonpumpkin spice
Instructions
Make the cookie dough!
Combine all the dry ingredients and set aside, including flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
Cream together sugar and butter using an electric mixer. Add the pumpkin, molasses, egg, and vanilla extract, and together until well combined.
Stir in the dry ingredients 1/2 cup at a time until well incorporated. Refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 1-2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Ready to bake!
Once you are ready to bake, in a small bowl 1/2 cup of sugar and mix in the 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin spice or, just leave the sugar as is.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll cookie dough-sized balls (a little less than a tablespoon) of dough in sugar & pumpkin spice mixture until well coated and place on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. You should be able to fit 12-15 piece of dough on one baking sheet.
Bake for 13-14 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove and allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes before you remove them. Repeat with remaining dough.