Gingersnaps

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup molasses

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray.

2. 2

   Sift together flour, ginger, allspice, baking soda, salt.

3. 3

   Beat sugar and margarine with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Whisk in apple sauce and molasses.

4. 4

   Add flour mixture to apple sauce mixture and stir well.

5. 5

   Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 1 inch apart onto cookie sheet.

6. 6

   Flatten each slightly with moistened fingertips.

7. 7

   Bake each 12 to 15 minutes and cool on a wire rack.