3/4 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp clove
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
Beat butter, sugar, and molasses very well. Add egg, soda, spices and salt, mix in flour.
Chill until firm.
Preheat oven to 350*. Roll dough into a ball, then roll in white sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, bake for roughly 8 minutes, more for crisper cookies. Careful not to overbake!
I have to at the very least double this recipe, the cookies are that popular!