Ginger Snaps

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream together the sugars, molasses, shortening, butter, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl. beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 3 in another large bowl combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, salt, cinnamon, and cloves.
• 4 pour the dry mixture into the wet mixture and beat while adding the water. continue to mix until ingredients are incorporated. refrigerate dough until easy to handle.
• 5 measure a heaping teaspoon of dough at time. roll the dough into a sphere between the palms of your hands then press the dough onto the cookie sheet. at this point you can roll in granulated sugar if desired. flatten to about 1/8-inch thick.
• 6 bake cookies for 10-14 minutes or until edges begin to brown and cookies are crispy when cool.
• 7 makes 120 (10 dozen) cookies.