Recipe: Tasty Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies

Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies.

You can have Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies

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

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..