Recipe

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• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup sugar , on a plate for later

• 1 Mix the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves well and set aside.
• 2 In another bowl mix with a beater 1 to 2 minutes the sugar, margarine, egg and molasses.
• 3 Add the dry ingredients and mix by hand.
• 4 Take one good size tablespoons of dough (or more to make a bigger cookie) and roll into a ball.
• 5 On a plate put at least a 1/4 cup of sugar.
• 6 Then roll the balls into the sugar.
• 7 Bake at 350 on an ungreased cookie sheet (air-insulated type is the best) for 10 to 12 minutes.