YIELD: 14 dozen cookies.

Drop Cookies: Drop unchilled dough, ½ teaspoonful at a time, onto greased cooky sheets. Flatten cookies to ¹/₁₆ inch thick with bottom of glass covered with damp cloth.

GINGER SNAPS

3 cups sifted enriched flour

1½ teaspoons soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons ginger

½ cup shortening

1 cup sugar