Ingredients

• 1 cup butter , softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 0.25 cups molasses
• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.5 cups white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Beat butter and 1 cup sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add egg and beat until smooth. Stir molasses into the butter mixture until completely integrated.
3. 3 Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves together in a separate bowl; add to the butter mixture and mix until you have a dough. Divide and shape the dough into 36 balls.
4. 4 Put 1/2 cup sugar in a wide, shallow bowl. Roll dough balls in sugar to coat and arrange onto a baking sheet.
5. 5 Bake in preheated oven until beginning to crisp around the edges, 13 to 15 minutes.

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