Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine
  • 3/4 cup white sugar, for rolling cookies in

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
  • Soften butter or margarine in microwave. Mix it together with molasses and eggs.
  • Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients. Dough will be very dense.
  • Pick up tsp sized ball of dough and roll into a ball in your hands.
  • Roll rounded ball into extra sugar to coat.
  • Place balls of dough on baking sheet.
  • Bake at 350 F for 15 minute Cookies may seem crisp when they come out of the oven, but once removed from cookie sheet and stored they should be soft.