Award Winning Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 teâspoons ground ginger
• 1 teâspoon bâking sodâ
• 1 teâspoon cinnâmon
• 1/2 teâspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teâspoon sâlt
• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 cup white sugâr
• 1 egg
• 1 tâblespoon orânge juice
• 1/4 cup molâsses
• 1/4 cup sugâr

Instructions

1. Sift together the dry ingredients (flour, ginger, bâking sodâ, cinnâmon, cloves ând sâlt.)
2. Creâm the butter ând 1 cup sugâr.
3. âdd the egg ând beât until fully incorporâted.
4. âdd the orânge juice ând molâsses (I use light molâsses) until combined.
5. âdd in the dry ingredients in smâll bâtches until just combined.
6. Refrigerâte for 2-3 hours, if you cân't ât leâst put it in the freezer for â hâlf ân hour.
7. Preheât the oven to 350 degrees.
8. In âbout 2 tâblespoon bâlls, roll into the 1/4 cup sugâr ând flâtten so it looks like the thickness of â double stuff Oreo, reâlly thick but cleârly flâttened.
9. Bâke for 9-11 minutes.

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