Gingerbread Snickerdoodles Recipe

Dough:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients—flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer), beat shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add molasses, egg, vanilla and fresh ginger. Beat until well combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
3. Add flour mixture and mix just until combined.
4. Cover the bowl and chill the cookie dough for at least 1 hour.
5. When dough is almost done chilling, preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Spiced Sugar Coating:

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, cinnamon and ginger for the spiced sugar coating.
2. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and use a medium cookie scoop to scoop dough into balls. Roll each ball in spiced sugar and place on prepared baking sheet.
3. Bake cookies at 350° F for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set and center is soft. Let them cool on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.