Soft Ginger Date Cookies - Kosher Everyday

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups hot coffee
• 1 cup chopped, pitted dates
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs at room temperature
• 1/4 cup organic blackstrap molasses
• 1 1/2 cups organic spelt flour or whole-wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white peper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
• 1/4 cup turbinado sugar