
Now that my daughter has moved out on her own, my number one cookie baker is not around to keep us stocked in home baked goods. I have had to dust off my cookie baking skills and get busy!
Seriously, I am enjoying the cookie making activity. My youngest son has been my accomplice more than once lately and he may eventually take over some of the baking. Sometimes I forget that boys like to do stuff in the kitchen just as much as girls do, so I am working harder on including my teens as I work in the kitchen.
When my daughter did the baking in the house, she had her favorite recipes and stuck to those. Gingersnaps were not on her list, but I love a really fresh homemade gingersnap. This recipe came from the Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

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GingersnapsA thin, crisp, spicy, crinkly topped gingersnap, easily made by hand or in the food processor.
¾ cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar, plus extra to roll the cookies in
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon powdered ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease some cookie sheets.
Beat together the shortening and 1 cup of the sugar. Add the egg, and beat until light and fluffy, then add the molasses. Stir and toss together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, and cinnamon, and add to the first mixture, beating until smooth and blended.
Gather up bits of the dough and roll them between the palms of your hands into 1 inch balls, then roll each ball in sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookies have spread and the tops have cracked. Remove from the sheets and cool on a rack.
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These cookies are very easy to make so it takes me less than an hour to cook a whole batch (about 3 dozen cookies). I roll the balls for the next tray as the previous ones are in the oven, keeping ahead of the timer.

Coming out of the oven they fill the whole house with a spicy aroma.
I love my Pampered Chef baking stone and is the perfect way to get a terrific gingersnap.
Barb-
Harmony Art Mom