Gingersnap Cookies (soft & Chewy)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup sugar, on a plate for later

Recipe

• 1 mix the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves well and set aside.
• 2 in another bowl mix with a beater 1 to 2 minutes the sugar, margarine, egg and molasses.
• 3 add the dry ingredients and mix by hand.
• 4 take one good size tablespoons of dough (or more to make a bigger cookie) and roll into a ball.
• 5 on a plate put at least a 1/4 cup of sugar.
• 6 then roll the balls into the sugar.
• 7 bake at 350 on an ungreased cookie sheet (air-insulated type is the best) for 10 to 12 minutes.