Gingersnap Cookies

As promised, I'm making gingersnaps and I found this recipe online at Allrecipes.com and really wanted to try it. They taste yummy and I'm bringing some into work to share with my co-workers, along with some chocolate chip cocoa cookies too.
Enjoy the recipe and follow the link at the end to see it in it's original form.


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 shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup dark molasses
1/3 cup cinnamon sugar

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2) 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.

3) Place the shortening 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 shortening mixture; stir to thoroughly blend. Sift in the remaining flour mixture, and mix together until a soft dough forms. Pinch off small amounts of dough and roll into 1 inch diameter balls between your hands. Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar, and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.

4) Bake in preheated oven until the tops are rounded and slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Store in an air tight container.




Here is the original recipe on Allrecipes.com
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Grandmas-Gingersnap-Cookies/Detail.aspx