Ginger Cookies ( Cooking Light )

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 52
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar, plus
• 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mace
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 place butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. gradually add 2/3 cup sugar, beating at medium speed until light and well blended.
• 2 add molasses and egg; beat well.
• 3 combine flour and the next 4 ingredients (through mace), stirring with a whisk.
• 4 gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until well blended.
• 5 divide dough in half.
• 6 wrap each portion in plastic wrap, and freeze for 30 minutes.
• 7 preheat oven to 350°.
• 8 shape each portion of dough into 26 (1-inch) balls.
• 9 roll balls in remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
• 10 flatten cookies with the bottom of a glass to 1/2-inch thickness.
• 11 bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 12 remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.