Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1 cup margarine
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons finely chopped crystallized ginger (optional)
2 eggs
3 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Beat margarine, sugar, salt, molasses, ginger and eggs together in a large bowl for one minute.
Sift flour and baking soda and add to molasses mixture.
Drop by teaspoonsful on a greased cookie sheet.
Flatten using the flat bottom of a glass dipped in water.
Bake for 12 minutes.
Remove the very soft cookies to a cooling rack using a spatula.
Servings: 36
Time preparation: 10 min.
Time total: 22 min.