Swedish Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 4 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons ginger
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 dash salt
• 4 teaspoons baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 375°f.
• 2 mix all dry ingredients.
• 3 cream first three ingredients; add molasses and vanilla.
• 4 mix well and add to dry ingredients.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 chill for 1 hour.
• 7 divide dough into 7 equal parts.
• 8 divide each section into 12 pieces.
• 9 roll dough into a ball then roll in sugar.
• 10 place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. let set for a minute or two on the cookie sheet.( the cookies will be puffy, centers will still be soft and the cookie will fall)
• 11 note these cookies will "fall" when you take them out of the oven.
• 12 let cool slightly before putting them on a cooling rack.