Ingredients
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- 1 1/2 sticks room temp butter (I used salted)
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar, to roll the dough balls in
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter and brown sugar.
- Add the egg and molasses.
- In a separate bow combine the flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and baking soda. Whisk to combine.
- Add half of the dry mixture to the wet. Mix lightly until it is worked in, then add the other half. Don’t overmix the dough.
- Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure out the dough balls (you should get about 10)
- Roll each dough ball in the sugar, then form the dough ball into a top-heavy, almost triangular shaped ball
- Place 4-6 dough balls on each cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
- Let cool completely.