Gingersnap Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter , softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 0.25 cups molasses
• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.5 cups white sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   Beat butter and 1 cup sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add egg and beat until smooth. Stir molasses into the butter mixture until completely integrated.

3. 3

   Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves together in a separate bowl; add to the butter mixture and mix until you have a dough. Divide and shape the dough into 36 balls.

4. 4

   Put 1/2 cup sugar in a wide, shallow bowl. Roll dough balls in sugar to coat and arrange onto a baking sheet.

5. 5

   Bake in preheated oven until beginning to crisp around the edges, 13 to 15 minutes.