Soft & Chewy Spiced Molasses Cookies

Delicious. So soft. So chewy. Smells just like Christmas and fall and cuddles. All the lovely things :)

Adapted from Two Peas & Their Pod

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• pinch of nutmeg
• 3/4 cup salted softened butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup molasses
• coarse sugar to roll cookies in

Whisk first five ingredients in a medium bowl. 

Mix butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy, add egg and vanilla, mix. Mix in molasses until well combined. 

With the electric mixer on low, slowly add in the flour mixture a little at a time until fully incorporated. 

Make tablespoon sized balls with your hands, dip in sugar and press slightly onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. 

Bake at 375 F for ONLY EIGHT MINUTES! I repeat, only eight. You will want to bake them for longer but don't. They will set up when they cool, but will stay soft and delightful :)