Gingersnaps

10 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 3/4 c. butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 2 well beaten eggs
  • 1/2 c. molasses
  • 2 tsp. vinegar
  • 3 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 to 3 tsp. ginger
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. cloves

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. 2
    Cream together butter and sugar.
  3. 3
    Stir in eggs, molasses and vinegar.
  4. 4
    Sift and add remaining ingredients.
  5. 5
    Mix ingredients until blended.
  6. 6
    Form dough into 3/4-inch balls.
  7. 7
    Bake on a greased cookie sheet about 12 minutes. As the ball melts down during baking, the cookie develops the characteristic crinkled surface.
  8. 8
    When cool,
  9. 9
    ice to taste.
  10. 10
    A topping to delight the children is half a marshmallow, cut side down, on the almost baked cookies.
  11. 11
    Return to oven about 4 minutes.
  12. 12
    Makes about 10 dozen 2-inch cookies.

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