Ginger Snap Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 1/3 cups Mina's Purely Divine All Purpose Baking Mix
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ cup kosher salt
• ½ cup butter or stick margarine, room temperature
• ¼ cup molasses
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• ¼ cup sugar
• 3 Tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• ½ cup coarse sugar

Preparation:

1. Combine Mina's All Purpose Mix, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and salt. set aside.
2. In a large bowl stir together butter, brown sugar, sugar, molasses, fresh ginger and egg.
3. Add set aside dry ingredients and combine.  Cover and chill at least for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
5. Put coarse sugar in small bowl. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll in coarse sugar.
6. Place balls 2 inches apart on parchment paper lied cookie sheets.
7. Bake 12 minutes for softer cookies 15-18 minutes for crisp cookies.

Yields: Six Dozen