soft spicy heavenly ginger cookies

🥘 Ingredients

• • margarine
• • white sugar
• • molasses
• • all-purpose flour
• • water
• • baking soda
• • ground ginger
• • ground cinnamon
• • ground cloves
• • nutmeg
• • fresh ginger
• • salt
• • raisins

📝 Instructions

1. 1 in a large bowl , cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy
2. 2 stir in the molasses
3. 3 mix the water and baking soda and stir
4. 4 sift together the flour , salt , and dry spices
5. 5 add gradually to the sugar-margarine mixture
6. 6 gradually stir the sifted ingredients , along with the ginger and raisins , into the molasses mixture
7. 7 shape dough into walnut sized balls , and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar
8. 8 place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet , and flatten slightly
9. 9 bake at 350f for 10-12 minutes