Ginger Snaps

By cheeserohan

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon each: ground nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and ground cloves

Preparation

Step 1

Melt the butter over low heat and mix in molasses then sugar. Stir well. Sift together all of the dry ingredients then grdaually add to butter/molasses/sugar mixture with constant stirring and heat turned off.

Refrigerate dough until firm.

Remove from refrigerator and roll small teaspoons of dough into balls. Dip balls in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough with glass dipped in sugar.

Bake at 325F. for 10 minutes.