Soft Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies are wonderfully spiced and delicate cookies, made with pure pumpkin and packed with amazing flavor. Making these pumpkin ginger cookies is simple too, you most likely already have most of the ingredients in your kitchen!
1cupgranulated sugarplus more for rolling the cookies
½cuppure pumpkin
¼cupmolasses
1large egg
1tspvanilla
2 ⅓cupsall-purpose flour
2tspbaking soda
2tspcinnamon
1 ½tspground ginger
1tspground cloves
½tspsalt
Instructions
Cookie dough: In the bowl of a stand mixer or using an electric handheld mixer, beat the softened butter and sugar together until creamy and smooth. Then, add in the pure pumpkin, molasses, egg, and vanilla extract, mix until well combined.
After that, in a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, ground cloves and salt. Proceed to add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until combined.
Chill: The dough will be fairly sticky, so be sure to REFRIGERATE the cookie dough for at least 1 hour. The dough can be chilled for 2-3 days. I personally think these cookies taste better after the dough has sat in the fridge for a day to allow the flavors to meld!
Bake: When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Then, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon mat. Also, place some sugar in a small bowl.
Proceed to roll tablespoon-sized balls of dough and then roll them in the bowl of sugar until well coated, place them on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. I like to use Turbinado sugar, it is coarse so the granules of the sugar stand out more. But regular sugar also works well too.
Place the cookie sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until cookies look cracked and set at the edges. The cookies will still be soft so let them cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes after removing them from the oven, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Soft Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies are incredible treats to make during the holidays to share with family and friends. These pumpkin ginger cookies are easy to make and OH SO delicious too.