This is another recipe that I lost for awhile but found it in the bottom of the recipe bag. It’s a keeper and is worth sifting through tons of recipes for. What I like about these cookies — just enough snap without being store bought hard and just the right amount of spice. -Gma
Ginger Snap Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Cream shortening and sugar. Add agg and molasses. Mix well.
- Sift flour. Add cloves, ginger, soda and cinnamon.
- Roll dough into 1/2 inch balls, then roll in granulated sugar.
- Bake 16 minutes in 350-degree oven.