Old Fashioned Gingersnaps

Submitted by Minichef #2

"Delicious old fashioned gingersnaps just grandma used to make."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 white egg
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup dark molasses
• 1⁄3 cup cinnamon sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix the first 6 ingredients.Blend well.
3. Beat the oil, egg, brown sugar, and molasses.Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture, blending as you add.Repeat until all the flour is added.
4. Roll the dough into tiny balls by hand.Roll each mixture in the cinnamon sugar.
5. Place 5 cm apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.Bake 10 minutes until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked.Cool on a wire rack.Store in an airtight container.