Ginger Spiced Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup Unsalted butter room temperature
- 1¼ cups Coconut sugar
- ¾ cup Powdered sugar
- ¾ cup Safflower oil
- 2 Eggs, large
- 4 Tbsp Molasses
- 1 Tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ Tsp Powdered ginger
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon
- ¼ Tsp Nutmeg
- 5 cups Unbleached flour
- ½ Tsp Baking soda
- ½ Tsp Baking powder
- 1 Tsp Salt
For the frosting:
- ½ cup Unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup Cream cheese room temperature (could also use mascarpone cheese)
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Vanilla extract
- 3 cups Powdered sugar
- Milk or cream to thin (eyeball this, based on thickness of frosting as it's mixing)
Instructions
To make the cookies:
- Turn on oven and preheat to 350°F
- Cream together butter and sugars. One at a time, beat in the eggs individually, and then the oil
- Once incorporated, add the molasses, vanilla and spices
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda & powder + salt. Slowly add this dry mixture to the wet mixture until fully combined
- Once mixture is the texture of dough, spoon out dough with a Tablespoon and form into a round ball. Place about two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet
- Using the bottom of a glass, lightly run a little butter along the bottom and press it into a small ramekin of sugar. Use the bottom of the glass to lightly press down on balls of dough and flatten, creating rough edges
- Place the cookies in the oven and bake for 8 minutes (7 minutes if you like your cookies softer). Cookies will not brown and will look soft when finished baking
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack
To make the frosting:
- Cream together room temperature butter and cream cheese
- Add vanilla and cinnamon into the mixture
- On low, continue to slowly beat the mixture. As it gets thicker, add a dash of milk to thin out frosting. Beat until frosting is smooth and shiny.