Easy Chewy Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 3/4 cup white sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Whisk flour, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl.

Beat butter in a large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses. Stir 1/2 of the flour mixture into butter mixture; add remaining flour mixture and stir until dough is just-combined.

Pour 3/4 sugar into a shallow bowl. Roll dough into 2 inch balls and roll each ball in sugar to coat. Place sugar-coated dough balls 2 1/2-inches apart on a baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown and puffed, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.