Grandma’s Gingersnaps

Posted by ljmacphee on May 11, 2007 under Dessert, Grandmother's Recipes |

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
pinch salt

Mix all ingredients well beginning with dry ingredients.
Form dough into small balls the size of walnuts.
Chill.

Roll balls in granulated sugar.
Place on greased cookie sheets.
Flatten slightly with glass bottom.

Bake 15 minutes at 350′

Gingersnaps are know to go as far back as medieval days when they were sold at fairs.