Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps
A delicious homemade classic cookie recipe
Servings 42 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups butter room temperature
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup unsulphured molasses
- 2 eggs
- 4 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 T ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a medium bowl mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl cream together the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Mix in the eggs one at a time until incorporated, followed by the molasses.
- Add in the dry ingredients until fully incorporated.
- Cover and chill dough for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.
- Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, then roll each one in a small bowl of sugar until evenly coated.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Don’t overbake!
- Remove from oven and let cook for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Enjoy!