Chocolate-ginger Cookies

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup light molasses
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 -4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter.
• 2 gradually add in 1 cup of sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• 3 add in the egg; beat well.
• 4 stir in the molasses, flour, cocoa, baking soda, ginger and salt by hand; mix well.
• 5 cover and refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
• 6 place remaining sugar on a plate.
• 7 shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll balls in sugar and place 2-inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.
• 8 bake in a 350° oven for about 12 minutes or until light brown; transfer to a wire rack to cool.