Mom's ginger snaps
24 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Crisco, vegetable |
| Shortening | ||
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | large | Egg |
| ¼ | cup | Light molasses |
| 2 | cups | All-purpose white flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | Ginger -- ground |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon -- ground |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together the Crisco and sugar, add egg and molasses. Sift together remaining ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Combine well. Form the dough into balls (about the size of walnuts) and roll in additional granulated sugar. Place balls on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake about 8-10 minutes until cookies appear flattened, crackled and lightly browned. Enjoy! Recipe By : Grace Maynard -- Baltimore, Maryland File