Grandma's Gingersnaps


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Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar for decoration

Preparation

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2
Cream the butter and one cup of sugar together in a medium bowl until smooth
3
Beat in the egg and molasses until the ingredients are well blended
4
In a separate bowl combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Once mixed, stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients to make the cookie dough
5
Roll dough into one inch balls and then roll them through the extra sugar reserved for decoration
6
Place dough balls two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets
7
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes (depending on how soft or crisp you'd like your cookies to be)
8
Cool cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before moving them to wire racks until they cool completely

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Yield:

3.0 dozen cookies

Added:

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 1:39am

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