The Best Ginger Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients

For cookie batter

1 cup butter melted
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 tbsp dark corn syrup
1/2 cup molasses
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt

For coating

3/4 sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375
Beat first 5 ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs, corn syrup, molasses) with a mixer on low until blended.
Increase mixer speed to medium and beat until smooth.
Add next 6 ingredients (flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt) and mix until combined.
Drop a dollop of batter that would make a 1 1/2 inch ball into the sugar.
Roll the dollop of batter with sugar that was set aside for coating.
Arrange 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 9 minutes.

Recipe Notes

This cookie batter is a bit loose and sticky. That is okay, that is how is supposed to be. If you find it is too sticky to work with, pop it into the fridge for five minutes to firm things up a bit.