Regency Ginger Crisps

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg, beaten (or two medium, just whip with a fork)
• 4 tablespoons molasses (that's 1/4 cup)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 1/4 cups flour (not sifted)
• 1/2 cup sugar (in a small bowl for later)

Recipe

• 1 do not preheat oven yet, dough must chill before baking.
• 2 melt butter and mix in sugar.
• 3 let mixture cool.
• 4 add egg (s).
• 5 add soda, molasses, salt and ginger.
• 6 stir thoroughly.
• 7 add flour and mix inches.
• 8 chill the dough for at least 1 hour (overnight is even better).
• 9 once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 375 degrees, rack in middle position.
• 10 roll dough into walnut-sized balls,.
• 11 roll dough in sugar (just dump them in the bowl with the sugar and shake the bowl to gently coat them.).
• 12 place cookie balls on greased cookie sheets, 12 to a standard sheet.
• 13 flatten them with a spatula.
• 14 bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until nicely browned.
• 15 cool on cookie sheets for no more than 1 minute.
• 16 remove to wire rack to finish cooling. (if you leave these on the cookie sheets for too long, they will stick.