Old Fashioned Gingersnaps
Why I Love This Recipe
Taste Of Home -- Francis Stoops
Ingredients You'll Need
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp salt
Additional sugar
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar
Beat in the egg and molasses
Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt
Gradually add to the creamed mixture
Chill
Roll into 1 1/4 inch balls
Dip into the sugar
Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets
Bake at 375 F for about 10 minutes or until set and the surface cracks
Cool on wire racks
