Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     3/4           cup  butter or margarine
  1                cup  sugar
  1                     egg
     1/4           cup  molasses
  2               cups  all-purpose flour
  2          teaspoons  baking soda
     1/4      teaspoon  salt
  1           teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  1           teaspoon  ground cloves
  1           teaspoon  ground ginger
                        additional sugar

Preparation:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add egg and molasses; beat well. Sift together dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Chill the dough. Roll into 1 1/4 inch balls and dip into sugar. Place 2 in apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375ø for about 10 minutes or until set and surface cracks. Cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information:

3207 Calories (kcal); 145g Total Fat; (40% calories from fat); 33g Protein; 452g Carbohydrate; 560mg Cholesterol; 4554mg Sodium