Swedish Cookies

These are great keepers and freeze well. Really chewy...=)Brew a pot of tea and prepare to dunk!

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 84
• Yields: 7 dozen

Ingredients

• 2  cups sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups margarine
• 2  large eggs
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 4  cups flour
• 3  teaspoons ginger
• 3  teaspoons cinnamon
• 1  dash salt
• 4  teaspoons baking soda

Directions

1. Preheat oven 375°F.
2. Mix all dry ingredients.
3. Cream first three ingredients; add molasses and vanilla.
4. Mix well and add to dry ingredients.
5. Mix well.
6. Chill for 1 hour.
7. Divide dough into 7 equal parts.
8. Divide each section into 12 pieces.
9. Roll dough into a ball then roll in sugar.
10. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Let set for a minute or two on the cookie sheet.( The cookies will be puffy, centers will still be soft and the cookie will fall)
11. Note these cookies will "fall" when you take them out of the oven.
12. Let cool slightly before putting them on a cooling rack.