Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup/1.5 sticks butter
• 1 cup sugar (extra for rolling the dough in before cooking)
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 Cups flour
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt (1/4 tsp if using salted butter)

Directions:

1. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and molasses and stir till fully combined.
   
2. n another bowl whisk together the dry ingredients.
   
3. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture, combine fully, you may have to use your hands to et the mixture fully combined.
   
4. Chill in the fridge. (I have made many batches without chilling first)
   
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
   
6. Form the cookie dough into balls- approximately 1 inch, and roll the balls in granulated sugar.
   
7. Place on greased cookie sheet.
   
8. Bake. Take them out as soon as the dough begins to crack on top. You want them to still be soft and gooey.  

This is a classic Heath Family recipe. When we give these to people, it is not uncommon for them to say they are the best cookies they've ever had.