How to Make Perfect Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies

Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies. I LOVE these cookies and I'm making them again for my family's Thanksgiving get-together. If you like your gingersnaps crispy leave them in a few extra minutes. A classic recipe for a gingersnap cookie.

I used margarine and butter because we like our cookies chewy. Oh how I love this Gingersnap Cookie Recipe! I'm not sure I would have survived my daughter having surgery and my husband having a street bike accident several hours apart on the same day without them. You can cook Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies

1. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Shortening, do not substitute butter.
2. It's 1/2 cup of Molasses.
3. You need 2 each of Eggs.
4. Prepare 2 cup of Sugar.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
6. Prepare 2 tsp of Ground cloves.
7. You need 2 tsp of Ground cinnamon.
8. Prepare 3 tsp of Ground ginger.
9. It's 4 tsp of Baking soda.
10. You need 4 cup of All purpose flour.

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Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, except flour. Beat with an electric mixer until well combined..
2. Add in flour a cup at a time and stir by hand..
3. Roll dough by hand into about 1 inch balls and roll the balls in granulated white sugar..
4. Place cookies about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets and bake at 350 for about 8 minutes. Make sure they get only slightly browned before removing or the bottoms will burn..
5. Let cool for 30 seconds or so on the pan before moving to a cooling rack. Let cool completely. The cookies will harden as they cool, producing that characteristic snap!.
6. Yields approximately 8 dozen..

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