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Gingersnap Cookies

Ingredients & Directions


9 tb Margarine; softened
3/4 c Light brown sugar; packed
1/4 c Light molasses
1 Egg
2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Ground ginger
1/2 ts Ground cloves
1/2 ts Dry mustard
1/4 ts Black pepper
3 tb Granulated sugar

Beat margarine and brown sugar until fluffy in large bowl; mix in molasses
and egg. Mix in combined flour, baking soda, spices, dry mustard, and
pepper. Refrigerate, covered, 2 to 3 hours.

Measure granulated sugar into pie pan or shallow bowl. Drop dough by tsp
fulls into sugar and roll into balls (dough will be sticky). Place cookies
on greased cookie sheets; flatten with fork or bottom of glass. Bake at 350
until firm to touch, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Per cookie = 47 calories, 1 gm fat, 3 mg cholesterol, 46 mg sodium, 7 gm
carbohydrate, 0 gm fiber, 0 gm protein Exchanges: 0.5 bread, 0.5 fat

from the Monthly Recipe Swap,
Yields
56 Cookies