CHOCOLATE CINNAMON SNAPS

      Title: CHOCOLATE CINNAMON SNAPS
  Categories: Chocolate, Cookies
       Yield: 6 Servings
  
       2 c  All-purpose flour
     1/2 ts Baking soda
       1 ds Salt
     1/3 c  Unsweetened cocoa
            Powder
       2 ts Cinnamon
     3/4 ts Cloves
     1/2 c  Softened butter or
            Margarine
     1/2 c  Granulated sugar
     1/4 c  Molasses
       1    Egg
  
   Preparation time: 15 min. Baking time: 10 to 12 min. Oven
   temperature: 350 degrees F.
   
   A chocolate sugar cookie with the spice of a gingersnap. Perfect for
   the holidays!
   
   For 4 dozen cookies you will need:
   
   1. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder,
   cinnamon and cloves.
   
   2. In another bowl, cream the butter until soft. Gradually add sugar,
   beating until fluffy.
   
   3. Beat in the molasses and egg. Add flour mixture. Blend until a
   stiff dough forms.
   
   4. Roll dough (half or a quarter of dough is easier to work with) on a
   lightly floured board to a 1/8-to 1/4-inch thickness.
   
   5. Cut into favorite shapes. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
   Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
   
   6. Bake at 35 o degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes depending on
   thickness. Cool a minute on sheet before removing to a rack to
   complete cooling.
   
   7. Repeat with remaining batches. Store in a tin when completely
   cooled.
   
   Variations: The cookies can be sprinkled with chocolate sprinkles ot
   holiday colored sugar.
   
   Source: Great American Recipes.
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