GINGERSNAPS


1/2 cup canola oil (can use butter)
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup applesauce
3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
approximately 1 cup white sugar (to roll dough in)

Mix oil and brown sugar.  Add egg.  Beat well.  Add molasses and
applesauce.  Beat again.  Stir together dry ingredients (not including
final cup white sugar).  Add to wet ingredients, mix well.  Chill 4 or
more hours.  Roll into small balls, and roll in white sugar.  Bake at
350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.  Little shards of dough will remain in
sugar; these can be strained out and the sugar can be reused.

If using butter the dough will be stiffer and easier to work.