Grandma's Gingersnaps recipe

All Recipes Best Recipe Dessert Recipes Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes

Ingredients

¾ cup margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup white sugar for decoration

Nutrition Info

100.2 calories
carbohydrate: 15.5 g
cholesterol: 5.2 mg
fat: 4 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1 g
saturatedFat: 0.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 149 mg
sugar: 9.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses until well blended. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt, stir into the molasses mixture to form a dough. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

This was my mother-in-law's recipe and my husband's favorite. Shorten or lengthen the cooking time for a softer or crisper cookie.

Do you like the recipe? Share this tasty recipe!