Mom's Gingersnaps

Everyone in my family loves these. Dad keeps asking me to make them and send them over. Great ginger and molasses flavour.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 53 1 inch cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 2  teaspoons ginger
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 1  egg
• 1⁄4 cup molasses
• 1⁄2 cup sugar (separate for rolling cookies in)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
2. Combine dry ingredients and set aside.
3. In a large bowl beat butter till soft, gradually add sugar.
4. Beat in egg and molasses.
5. Stir in flour mixture.
6. Roll into balls, then roll in sugar.
7. Bake 10- 12 minutes.
8. Cooking time depends on the size of cookie.
9. I have small children so I make them quite small and the baking time decreases.
10. The yield is not correct- It depends on the size of the cookie- I do not know the amount it will make?