Ginger Snaps
- Reviews 3
Ready In: 15 mins
Yields: 48 cookies
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup shortening
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 egg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons molasses
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
- Cream together shortening and brown sugar until well mixed, light, and fluffy.
- Beat together well the egg, salt, molasses and then mix these into the above.
- Sift together flour, baking soad, ground cloves, cinnamon and ginger.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine well.
- Chill in the refrigerator a few hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- After chilled, shape dough into balls about walnut-sized and place balls on a greased cookie sheet, allowing room for expansion. Flatten balls with a fork.
- Bake in 350-degree oven 12 to 15 minutes. Do not let get too brown.
- *Recipe also states: I like these cookies thin and crisp. Experiment and adapt to suit taste, size and desired consistancy. Mine are about 2-1/2" in diameter.
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