Holiday Snaps

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 egg - replace with 1 Tbsp applesauce if allergic to egg
1/4 cup molasses
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour - replace with 1 1/2 cup oat flour, barley flour, or gluten free baking mix
1 cup old fashioned oats (not instant)
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Sugar for rolling cookies

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F.
2) Combine sugar and shortening, beat until creamy.
3) Stir in egg and molasses.
4) Combine flour,oats, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt.
5) Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix well and chill for 1 hour.
6) Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
7) Bake 8 to 10 minutes until lightly browned. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet to cooling racks.

Makes 4 dozen