Coconut Ginger Molasses Cookies

Oh it’s holiday time! This means it’s officially cookie season! Last weekend for Thanksgiving I made these yummy ginger molasses cookies with coconut for my mom’s side of the family. My mom’s side of the family always thinks everything I make is too sweet ( I think it’s an Indian thing ). So this time I went with a mildly sweet cookies slightly drizzled with sweet milk chocolate. You can be lazy and just substitute the drizzled chocolate with 1 cup of chocolate chips if you want. I switched up a recipe from Art and Kitchen to make the perfect chewy holiday cookie. I love the traditional flavor of molasses and ginger cookies. Spicy, sweet, nutty, yummm. They were a hit! Everyone gobbled them right up.

These cookies are perfect for dinner parties,cookie exchanges, gifts and of course for Santa. Hope you enjoy them!

Coconut Ginger Molasses Cookies

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• Total Time: 40 minutes
• Yield: 3 dozen cookies 1x

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Ingredients

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• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
• 2 oz milk chocolate

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Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F
2. Cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together until nice and fluffy. Add egg,vanilla extract and molasses and mix well
3. In separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.
4. Add dry ingredients to molasses mixture in additions and mix well in between. Add coconut and
5. mix well. Freeze the dough for 20 minutes.
6. Scoop or hand roll cookie dough into 1.5 inch balls (1 tbsp) and place on a parchment paper covered baking sheet 1-2 inches apart. They will spread! Bake for 10-15 minutes or until slightly brown.
7. Cool the cookies on a rack. Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 15 second increments mixing well in between. Spoon the melted chocolate into a sandwich bag. Cut a small corner off the bag and drizzle the chocolate on top of the cookies. Let the cookies sit for 10-15 minutes so the chocolate sets. Enjoy!

Notes

Adapted from Art and the Kitchen

You can add 1 cup of chocolate chips if you don’t want to drizzle the chocolate on top to quicken up the recipe!

• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes

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