Gingersnap Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup white sugar

Directions

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

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.

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.

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

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