Old-Fashioned Gingersnaps Recipe

Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (2 each)
  • Calories:
  • 150
  • Fat:
  • 8 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 5 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 29 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 211 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 19 g
  • Fiber:
  • 0 g
  • Protein:
  • 1 g


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Old-Fashioned Gingersnaps

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SERVINGS: 24

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Additional sugar

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill.
    Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls and dip into sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for about 10 minutes or until set and surface cracks. Cool on wire racks. Yield: about 4 dozen.


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