I bought molasses today for a chicken recipe and I saw this cookie recipe on the back. So I tried it. Very good! Tastes like chewy ginger snap cookies but you need to undercook a little or else they'll be too crispy.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup white sugar (I also added 2 tbp of brown sugar)
2. Extra sugar to roll cookies in
3. 3/4 cup softened butter, shortening or margarine (I used butter)
4. 1/4 cup molasses
5. 1 egg
6. 2 cups flour
7. 2 tsp baking soda
8. 1/2 tsp salt
9. 1/2 tsp cinnamon
10. 1/2 tsp ginger (I used ground ginger)
11. 1/4 tsp cloves (I used ground cloves)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine sugar, butter, molasses and egg. Blend well.
2. Stir in remaining ingredients and blend well.
3. Chill dough for easier handling (I chilled mine about 10 minutes).
4. Lightly grease (not oil) cookie sheet.
5. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
7. Roll balls in sugar.
8. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
9. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are set (I cooked mine for 9 minutes so that they would be chewy and not crispy)
10. Cool 1-2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

Makes about 15-17 cookies.