Mrs. Buerschaper's Molasses Crinkles

If you use very freshly-ground spices in these and mild-flavored molasses, these cookies are delicious. The texture is kind of firm on the outside yielding to a chewy inside. They are quite spicy which I like in a spice cookie.

Sometimes people think they are a chocolate cookie when they see them, and are disappointed when I tell them they are spice cookies instead. But they usually eat several of them uncomplainingly. They are rather addictive like that.