Old fashioned gingersnaps

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Butter or margarine
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
¼ cup Molasses
2 cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking soda
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground cloves
1 teaspoon Ground ginger Additional sugar

Directions

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add egg and molasses; beat well. Sift together dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Chill the dough. Roll into 1-¼ in. balls and dip into sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until set and surface cracks. Cool on wire racks.

Makes about 4 dozen.

From the Dec/Jan '92 issue of Country magazine. It was submitted by Francis Stoops of Stoneboro, Pennsylvania. From: Larry Moore Submitted By HELEN PEAGRAM On 11-21-94

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