These are great for snacking, for lunchboxes, for gift giving, for parties, an overall great cookie! I can say award winning... well maybe a more accurate description would be a contest winning recipe. I gave this recipe to a friend of mine and her daughters used it in a kids cookie contest in their area and each of them got first place in their age division for these cookies! So enjoy!
AWARD WINNING GINGERSNAPS
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 beaten egg
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
sugar to coat dough
Preheat oven to 375. Cream together shortening and 1 cup of sugar until fluffy. Add molasses and egg and mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, and spices. Stir into creamed mixture. Mix well. Mold in to 1 inch balls (I use a cookie scoop and it works wonderfully here). Roll each in sugar to coat. Plase about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet (though I just made these and did not grease and they were fine). Bake about 6-7 minutes . Cool on pan for a few minutes to allow cookie to "set" up. Completely cool on wire racks. Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.
