Gingersnaps

I wrote this last June, possibly with the intent of posting it in December but sometimes I am not on top of things. Sorry...

Gingersnaps

Flour

~puff~ ~puff~

Like a bowl of snow

Perfect for making little snow angels

Or snow men

Or...

Cookies.

Dash of baking soda

It's so... White

The flour looks less like snow

Baking soda snow on sand of flour

Two dashes of cinnamon

Some ginger

Ground cloves

Soil of all different colors

Whisked together

Layers and layers of spices

Contrasting and then mixing

All shades of brown whisked up into one big

...Flour mixture

New bowl

Brown sugar

~Do not touch the sugar~

~Do not eat the sugar~

~Do not give in to temptation~

Molasses. "Slow as molasses" is truly no joke

And molasses mixed with brown sugar? Even slower

Canola oil? A glop of molasses-sugar in canola oil?

They... really... don't... mix

At all

And an egg

...This is not promising

Add to flour mixture

Glop

And mix

Glop glop glop

Mix... Glop

Mix mix mix

Arms hurt

Roll into balls

Roll in sugar

Truly sugar coated

Little crystals on balls of molasses

Oh but they look

So

Very

Delicious

Can I eat them now?

Bake

Remove

But they're all... Runny

Undercooked?

Even softer than when I put them in

Hmmm

But they harden

Snap

Ginger
And soon they are scrumptious
Ginger

Snaps!