Holiday Gingersnaps
(from freeshebacchus’s recipe box)
Source: Parenting December/January 2006 (from RecipeThing user dubuisso)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup molasses
- Cinnamon sugar: 1/2 cup sugar mixed with 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
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Combine flour, spices, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
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In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and egg at medium speed 2 minutes, until fluffy.
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Add molasses; beat 1 minute.
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Slowly add flour mixture; beat to combine.
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Using a rounded teaspoon for each cookie, roll dough into balls, then roll each in cinnamon sugar and place on baking sheets.
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Bake 10 minutes or until cookies are golden and crisp.
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Cool 1 minute, then transfer to wire racks to finish cooking.
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Makes 5 dozen.