Gingersnaps

"I remember my grandma making these, nothing smelled as good as these when they were baking."
 
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photo by Shannon Holmes
Ready In:
22mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
40 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cream shortning and sugar.
  • Beat in egg and molasses.
  • Mix flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Gradually add to creamed mixture.
  • Roll teaspoons of dough into balls.
  • Dip one side of each ball in sugar.
  • Place, sugar side up, on greased baking sheet.
  • Bake at 350* for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
  • Cookies will be crinkly.

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Reviews

  1. Very good, I used only 1 tsp. of ginger and I think that I will use 2 tsp. as the recipe is written, also used a mix of golden syrup and corn syrup as I had no molasses and brown sugar instead of white since I didn't use molasses (still used white sugar to roll cookies in). I didn't have any eggs so I used 1/4 cup applesauce and also threw in 1/4 tsp. cloves. I have since made these again and it is best with 1/4 allspice. My husband says it is his new fave cookie, thanks so much for sharing!
     
  2. This is the recipe I have used for years (my Grandma's recipe actually!) and these are the best gingersnaps you will ever eat!! I do only use 1 tsp. of ginger. So glad to find it posted here. Now I better get some made!
     
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After DH and I moved away from the farm, and to the city...I haven't done as much cooking and very little canning. But I do come to Zaar and look for new recipes once in a while. I'm still cooking Zaar!! I like to play at Facebook, with my family and friends. A lot of my Zaar friends are there!! Yay! It's a good way to keep in touch. We travel more. We're looking at the European trips now. Hope to go in the springtime. I really want to see London, I think I lived there in a past life, I've been obsessed with it since I was 10 years old!!
 
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