Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies with Pumpkin-Butter Buttercream

INGREDIENTS

1 cup

unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup

granulated sugar

1/2 cup

dark brown sugar

1/2 cup

unsulphured molasses

2 1/4 tsp

baking soda

1 tsp

salt

1 1/2 tsp

ground cinnamon

1 tsp

ground cloves

1 1/2 tsp

ground ginger

large eggs

3 1/2 cups

unbleached all-purpose flour

sugar for coating (I used Organic White Raw Cane Sugar which is a coarse sugar with lots of sparkle)

Pumpkin Butter Buttercream Frosting (recipe below)