gingersnap cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup white sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat butter and 1 cup sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. add egg and beat until smooth. stir molasses into the butter mixture until completely integrated.
• sift flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves together in a separate bowl; add to the butter mixture and mix until you have a dough. divide and shape the dough into 36 balls.
• put 1/2 cup sugar in a wide, shallow bowl. roll dough balls in sugar to coat and arrange a baking sheet.
• bake in preheated oven until beginning to crisp around the edges, 13 to 15 minutes.