Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 21/2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 11/2 tsp Ginger (ground )
  • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon  (ground )
  • 1/4 tsp Cloves  (ground)
  • 1/2 cup Butter (room temperature, diced)
  • 13/4 cup Caster super fine sugar (super fine sugar )
  • 1 Egg
  • 4 tbsp Molasses
  • 1 tsp Fresh lemon juice

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 325 F and grease 3 baking sheets.
  • Sift the flour, baking soda and spices into a small bowl and set aside.
  • Place the butter and two-thirds of the sugar in the bowl of the mixer and cream together until light and fluffy. Lightly beat in the egg and stir it in.
  • Stir in the treacle and the lemon juice. Now add the flour mixture and mix in thoroughly to make soft dough.
  • Shape the dough into 2 cm balls. Roll these balls in the remaining sugar to coat and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spaced around 2 inches apart to allow the dough to spread.
  • Bake for about 12 minutes, or until the cookies are just firm to touch. With a spatula transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.