Gingersnap Cookies

If you're looking for an easy recipe for cookies that will please a crowd these classic gingersnap cookies are for you.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cookie, ginger, gingersnap, old fashioned

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings cookies

Calories 92kcal

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter together. Add the egg and molasses.
Stir in 1/2 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Stir in remaining flour mixture and mix until a soft dough forms.
In a small bowl, combine the coating ingredients and stir.
Roll balls of dough into 1-inch diameter balls. Roll each ball in the cinnamon/sugar mixture and place them 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked.
Let cool and serve.

Be sure to leave room for the cookies to spread on the baking sheet, they flatten more than other cookies while baking.