Gingersnaps - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
3/4 c. Crisco shortening
1/4 c. Grandma molasses
1 egg, slightly beaten
granulated sugar

Preparation

Combine the sugar with flour, salt, soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
Cut in shortening until mixture looks like crumbs. Stir in molasses and egg.
Mix well.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls - no bigger- and roll in sugar.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheet immediately because cookies firm quickly as they cool.
Makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies. These are good and easy to make.