Friday, January 15, 2010

Ginger Snap Cookie Recipe

2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp butter softened
1/4 cup molasses
1 large egg
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Beat sugar and butter together on medium speed until blended. Add molasses and egg, beat well. Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl and add gradually to sugar mixture.
Divide in half, cover with saran wrap and freeze for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make 1" balls of dough, roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 13 minutes, cool on wrack. Makes about 50 cookies.

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