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Gingersnap Cookies

Here's how you make Gingersnap Cookies
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  • Servings: 48
  • Prep: 5m
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 48 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup molasses (spray pam into measuring cup first)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons dried ginger root
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Sift dry ingredients

  • Step 2: Cream sugar with shortening

  • Step 3: Add eggs

  • Step 4: Add molasses

  • Step 5: Add dry ingredients

  • Step 6: You may need to add a little more flour to make a stiff dough,as this was very old cook book

  • Step 7: Roll into marble sized balls

  • Step 8: Place on greased cookie sheet

  • Step 9: It says bake in moderate oven which is 350 degrees and no time given so I'm guessing 10 minutes watch cause these babies are going to burn easily

  • Step 10: Miss Edna Swanson said these are delicious and keep indefinitely and make 4 dozen cookies

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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