Grandma Gordon’S Chewy Ginger Cookies

• 1 whole Egg
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 3/4 cups Butter Or Shortening
• 1/4 cups Molasses
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
• 2-1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1/4 teaspoons Salt
• 1/2 cups Coarse Sugar For Coating Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Put the egg into a large mixing bowl and beat it. Use a handheld mixer to beat sugar into beaten egg. Next mix in shortening and molasses and beat until well-mixed. Mix in flour, spices, baking soda and salt.
3. Put the coarse sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll 1 1/2 tablespoon sized scoops of dough into a ball, then roll in the coarse sugar. Place balls onto greased baking sheets, spaced 2" apart. Do not flatten balls.
4. Bake for roughly 10 minutes then remove pans from the oven. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
5. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

egg, white sugar, butter, ubc, allpurpose, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, baking soda, ubc, coarse sugar

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/grandma-gordone28099s-chewy-ginger-cookies/ (may not work)