Peppery Snaps
I love to bake, and spend most of my time at it. I have a job as a baker and keep my family supplied with baked goods. May father-in-law said he'd love a cookie that was "real snappy," so I combined recipes to get this one.42 ServingsPrep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground aniseed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons light molasses
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- Sugar
Directions
- Combine first seven ingredients; set aside. In a bowl, beat the brown
- sugar, molasses, butter and egg. Stir in dry ingredients; mix well.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll in sugar and place on ungreased baking
- sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-13 minutes. Cool cookies about 1
- minute before removing to wire racks. Yield: 6-7 dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 each) equals 78 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 110 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.