Simple 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 achieve it.

Ingredients of Grandma M.'s Gingersnap Cookies

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