GINGER SPARKLERS

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Provided by Missy 2

Categories Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 32 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 11

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4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine
3/4 cup white sugar, for rolling cookies in

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
Soften butter or margarine in microwave. Mix it together with molasses and eggs.
Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients. Dough will be very dense.
Pick up tsp sized ball of dough and roll into a ball in your hands.
Roll rounded ball into extra sugar to coat.
Place balls of dough on baking sheet.
Bake at 350 F for 15 minute Cookies may seem crisp when they come out of the oven, but once removed from cookie sheet and stored they should be soft.