Recipe for the day ~ Big Soft Ginger Cookies

Big Soft Ginger Cookies

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tspns ground ginger

1 tspn baking soda

3/4 tspn ground cinnamon

1/2 tspn ground cloves

1/4 tspn salt

3/4 cup margarine, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 TBspn water

1/4 cup molasses

2 TBspns white sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt

Set aside

In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy

Beat in the egg

Stir in the water and molasses

Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture

Shape dough into walnut size balls 

Roll them in the remaining 2 TBspns of sugar

Place cookies 2 inches apart onto a ungreased cookie sheet

Flatten slightly

Bake for about 9 minutes 

Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely

Store in an airtight container