Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 10 minutes per cookie sheet
Total Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients
¾ cup margarine or butter
1 1/3 cups white granulated sugar
1 large egg
¼ cup baking molasses
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp each of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves
Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 Fahrenheit. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
2. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and molasses. Beat until smooth and creamy.
3. Add flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix well into a firm dough.
4. Roll into 1” balls. Dip in sugar and place on the cookie sheet. I sometimes flatten them with the back of a spoon to help them bake more evenly without burning on the edges.
5. Bake 10-12 minutes until the tops start to crack. Watch carefully as these cookies can go quickly from chewy to brittle.
6. Remove from the oven and let sit on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before moving them to cooling racks. Makes about 4 dozen.

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