Pop’s Gingersnaps

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup softened Butter
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup Molasses
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 4 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 cup White Sugar for decoration

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together Butter and White Sugar until light yellow and fluffy looking. Beat in the Egg and Molasses until well blended.
• In another bowl, sift the Flour; then combine Ginger, Cinnamon, Baking Soda and Salt; mix well. Pour into Molasses mixture and mix/stir to form the dough..
• Roll Dough into 1 inch balls. Roll each Ball in the remaining Sugar. Arrange Balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. (Do only one cookie sheet at a time.)
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 or 6 minutes before removing, with a spatula, to a wire rack to cool completely.