Less Fat Gingersnaps

Delicious cookies that can be made like a crisp gingersnap cookie, or a soft, chewy cookie.

• Calories: 63 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• ¾ cup applesauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.