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In a medium bowl, mix together the molasses, brown sugar, water and butter until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda, allspice, ginger, cloves and cinnamon, stir them into the wet mixture until all of the dry is absorbed. Next, add egg and molasses and mix well. You can cook Soft Gingerbread Cookies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Soft Gingerbread Cookies

You need 1 cup of unsalted butter (softened).
It's 1 cup of brown sugar.
It's 1 of egg.
You need 1/4 cup of molasses.
You need 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
It's 2 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
It's 1 Tbsp of ground ginger.
Prepare 1 Tbsp of ground cinnamon.
Prepare 2 tsp of ground cloves.
Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
It's 1/2 tsp of ground allspice.

In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger, stirring to combine. Add in molasses and mix until incorporated. Beat in egg plus additional yolk, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Mix until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Soft Gingerbread Cookies instructions

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy..
Next, beat in the egg and molasses until combined..
Lastly, stir in the remaining ingredients, cover, and refridgerate for 2 hours..
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper..
Cut festive shapes out of your dough, or shape the dough into 1 inch balls and place them about 2 inches apart onto your baking sheets..
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until soft in the center..
Cool for about 2 and 1/2 minutes before removing from baking sheets..

Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Tip the caster sugar onto a small plate, then add each ball and roll around to coat. In a separate mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients and the gingerbread spices until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the molasses mix. Mix on low speed just until combined into a soft cookie dough.