Old Fashioned Gingersnaps

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon crystallized ginger
1 teaspoon allspice
1 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup butter room temperature
1 egg
1/4 cup unsulphured molasses

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, salt, soda, ground ginger, crystallized ginger and allspice and set aside. In a large bowl, mix together sugar and butter until creamy. Add egg and molasses and beat until fluffy. Add flour mixture and mix just until combined. Do not overmix. Chill dough 1 hour. Shape dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place on ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake 25 minutes and transfer cookies to cool, flat surface to cool.