Gingersnaps

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 1 egg (softer cookies? use 2)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 measure 2 cups sugar and the rest of the ingredients. mix at medium speed until well blended. roll into 1" balls.
• 3 place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with a cookie press or a glass coated with sugar. (recoat in sugar before each press.).
• 4 bake 10-12 minutes.