After-School Gingersnaps Recipe

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These cookies were always my favorite after-school treat. I could hardly wait to get home for my snack of gingersnaps and a tall glass of milk. Whenever I think of that special snack, I recall the warmth of home filled with the spicy aroma of ginger!

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After-School Gingersnaps Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 5 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

15 5 20

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 egg, beaten
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 to 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 to 3 teaspoons ground ginger

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter, sugars, molasses and egg. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-in. thickness and cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 5-6 minutes or until set (do not overbake). Remove from pan to cool on wire racks. Yield: about 6 dozen (2-1/2 inch cookies).

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 93 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 111 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as After-School Gingersnaps in Reminisce January/February 1995, p53