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Ginger Snaps (Cookies)

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This recipe was passed down to me from my mother and it proves to be perfect every time. Crispy snap on the outside and chewy cookie on the inside. Perfection in a cookie.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Cloves
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 whole Egg
  • ¾ cups Shortening
  • ¼ cups Light Molasses

Preparation

Mix sugar and shortening with egg and molasses in a mixer or food processor. Combine dry ingredients and add to the sugar mixture.

Roll dough into small balls and roll in sugar.

Bake in a 350-degree oven for 10 minutes.

Cool on a rack.

Makes 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

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angdaisyrose on 10.9.2013

I would probably half the clove. It’s very strong

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madcat on 12.8.2010

I’ve been using this recipe for years so I’m happy to see it posted. I have been bumping up the ginger to 1 full tablespoon. I think the shortening keeps them light and the white sugar gives them the snap on the outside as the author wrote. Just bake longer for crispier. One flat tablespoon will equal a on inch ball which will equal 3.5 dozen for this recipe. I recently took these to a cookie exchange and they got rave reviews.

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sarakata on 6.9.2010

Like Christmas in June! I threw in a teaspoon of nutmeg and subbed the white sugar with brown (otherwise I wouldn’t have had enough to roll them in at the end). They were soft and chewy, didn’t really have a snap to them, but I’m guessing that was because of the sugar sub and my lack of cooling racks! All in all a great recipe! Thanks for sharing!

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