less fat gingersnaps

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3/4 cup applesauce
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 1/4 cup white sugar

Recipe

• preheat the oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease cookie sheets.
• sift together the flour, ginger, allspice and baking soda, set aside. in a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 1/2 cups of sugar. stir in the applesauce and molasses. add dry ingredients to the molasses mixture and mix until just blended.
• roll tablespoons of dough into balls and roll the balls in the remaining sugar. place the balls on the prepared cookie sheet, flatten slightly. bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven for chewy cookies, 12 to 15 for crisp cookies. cool on wire racks.