Cracked Gingersnap Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, room temp, can use shortening if you prefer
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup dark molasses
1/3 cup cinnamon sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sift the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a mixing bowl Stir the mixture to blend evenly and sift a second time into another bowl.
Place the butter into a mixing bowl and beat until creamy, gradually beat in the white sugar.
Beat in the egg and dark molasses.
Sift 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture; stir to blend.
Sift in the remaining flour mixture and mix together until a soft dough forms(do not overmix).
Roll dough into 1\" diameter balls between your hands.
Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar or just sugar, and place 2\" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Store in an air tight container.