Ginger Molasses Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
    1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
    1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus 1/3 cup for rolling cookies
    1 large egg
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1/3 cup un-sulphured molasses
    1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 cup whole wheat flour
    2 teaspoons baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon ground ginger
    3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Preparation
    Cream butter and sugars together until nice and fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
    Add egg, vanilla, & molasses and beat.
    In a separate bowl combine flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, black pepper and cloves.
    Combine wet ingredient mix with dry ingredient mix until well combined.
    Place remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar in shallow bowl. Scoop dough with small cookie scoop. Form into balls and roll in sugar. Place them on an ungreased baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-13 minutes. You want to slightly under cook them, or they become quite hard. Let them cool on baking pan for about 3 minutes. Remove, from pan and let cook on a wire rack. These freeze well and pack well for shipping also the recipe is fine doubled.

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