Every Helping
Sign in

Baking recipe · from the recipe book

Chewy Molasses Ginger Walnut Drop Cookies

Soft, chewy molasses cookies with a bright bite of fresh ginger, warm cinnamon and cloves, toasty walnuts and a crackly sugared top.

Chewy Molasses Ginger Walnut Drop Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1⅔ cups200 gAll-purpose flour
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gBaking soda
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • 1¾ tsp3 gGround ginger
  • 1⅛ tsp3 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cloves
  • ½ cup113 gUnsalted buttersoftened
  • ½ cup packed110 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 3 tbsp40 gGranulated sugardivided
  • 3 tbsp60 gMolasses
  • 1 large50 gEggsroom temperature
  • 2½ tbsp grated15 gFresh gingerpeeled and finely grated
  • ⅔ cup chopped70 gWalnutstoasted and chopped

Steps

  1. Toast the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes until fragrant, then cool and chop.
  2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
  3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar and half of the granulated sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  4. Beat in the molasses, egg and grated fresh ginger until smooth.
  5. Stir in the flour mixture just until no dry streaks remain, then fold in the walnuts.
  6. Cover and chill the dough for 20 minutes so it is easier to scoop. Meanwhile, heat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment.
  7. Put the remaining half of the granulated sugar in a small dish. Scoop the dough into 12 equal balls, roll each in the sugar, and set them 3 inches apart on the sheet.
  8. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden and set and the tops are crackled but still soft in the center.
  9. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes, then move to a rack to cool completely.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts, Gluten.

Cook mode Log it in Today

Made it

Made it? Share how yours turned out.

Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

Want one that fits your numbers?

Pick the meal, the pan and your targets, and the Every Helping recipe generator writes a recipe with every number worked out. Free on the web.

Make a recipeMore from the recipe book