Name: Ginger Snaps
Ingredients: Sift together and set aside:; 2 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ginger; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; Cream together:; 3/4 cup Crisco; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1/4 cup dark molasses

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Ginger Snaps

Course: Dessert

Servings: cookies

Author: Margaret Preston

Ingredients

Sift together and set aside:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Cream together:
3/4 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup dark molasses

Instructions

Fold flour mixture into wet ingredients. Form into balls about one inch in diameter. Roll in sugar and place on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes (until they crack). Remove to rack to cool.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies. (Do not over bake.)