Ginger Sparklers

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine
• 3/4 cup sugar, for rolling cookies in

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f.
• 2 mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• 3 soften butter or margarine in microwave. mix it together with molasses and eggs.
• 4 mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients. dough will be very dense.
• 5 pick up tsp sized ball of dough and roll into a ball in your hands.
• 6 roll rounded ball into extra sugar to coat.
• 7 place balls of dough on baking sheet.
• 8 bake at 350 f for 15 minute cookies may seem crisp when they come out of the oven, but once removed from cookie sheet and stored they should be soft.