Bonnie Stern - 'Friday Night Dinners' (pg 58)

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 cup coarse sugar

Directions

1. With an electric mixer or in a food processor, combine oil and granulated sugar. Beat in egg and molasses.

   2. In a separate bowl combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir into egg mixture. Refrigerate dough for one hour.

   3. Shape dough into balls (1 tbsp/15 ml each). Roll in coarse sugar, place on parchment lined baking sheets with lots of room between cookies. Press down lightly.

   4. Bake in preheated 350 oven for 9-11 minutes, or until cookies are crackly but still chewy. Cool on racks.