Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

• ¾ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg at room temperature
• ¼ cup unsulphured molasses
• 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp Gingerbread Spice Blend
• 2 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup white sugar with ½ tsp Gingerbread Spice Blend

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350° and line 2 cookie sheets or sheet pans with parchment paper
2. In a stand mixer with paddle attachment combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses and mix until well combined
3. In a medium size bowl combine flour, Gingerbread Spice Blend, baking soda and salt
4. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined
5. Using a table spoon or melon baller form the dough into balls that are about the size of a ping pong ball. Roll each ball into the sugar and Gingerbread mixture to evenly coat
6. Place each ball on the parchment paper with about 3” between each ball
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes before placing them on a wire rack to finish cooling