Mom's Famous Vegan, Gluten-Free Ginger Cookies – Octofree

Ingredients

• 1 cup Vegan butter replacement such as Soy-Free Earth Balance
• 1 ½ cup sugar, divided
• 3 ½ cups gluten-free one-to-one baking flour (such as Bob's Red Mill)
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup unsulfured molasses
• 3 tbsp finely chopped crystallized ginger