These cookies will remind you of holidays past.....and they are very easy to take along to family gatherings....enjoy!

Ginger and Spice Cookies

4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar, plus more as needed for coating
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract



Preheat oven to 350*F. Sift together the flour, baking soda, spices and salt. Set aside. Cream the butter with the sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the molasses and mix in eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. Add the dry mixture in three parts, mixing well each time. Put extra sugar on a plate and coat walnut-size dough lumps with the sugar. Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 14 minutes, until light golden.

Num!!!  I am passing this one on to my mother.  

Sounds mouthwatering, LE.  I think I'll make these next time the realtor is showing the house - bet the aromatherapy will do the trick!!

Those sound really really good!.  I love a good spice cookie and cocoa

They are really, really good, I think everyone whomakes them will enjoy them!

Here is the TV Segment I did this morning on NBC 10.

http://myarklamiss.com/content/fulltext/?cid=50851

Very cool, LE!!!  Congrats!!  Was this your first time on TV?  You looked so calm and at ease (my audio isn't working at the moment so I couldn't hear you   )  Think I'll make a BIG batch for Thanksgiving, the twenty-something guys who'll be here can (and usually do) eat me out of house and home!!

Hi Acasia,

I have been doing the TV segments off and on since April of this year....I plan on doing more during the holidays....they seem to be liking me !  Thanks for the kind words!!  The cookies are great....I am going to make these today (wiuth yesterdays batter I have sitting in the fridge, and Trinity's Banana bread....that should set us up for Thanksgiving baked goods!

I made your cookies today and they are terrific!  My son and his friends also liked them alot!  The only trouble is "once you start feeding them, they tend to keep coming back!"  (like stray dogs, lol)  Made the pumpkin pie today too, so dessert is covered.  My daughter's favorite is banana bread, so I'll try Trinity's bread when I'm recovered from Thanksgiving.  Have a blessed Thanksgiving, LE!!

I have a question. Could you add chocolate chips to the batter? Or would that change the structure too much for them to bake properly?

I don't think chocolate and the spices that are inthe cookies would go well together...nuts would be okay tho.

I can do half and half. I'm just wondering what they would taste like. Considering I like spiced cocoa I think it would be put my ally