Ginger Cookies

Sometimes I like to shake up the cookie rotation in our house and throw in some ginger cookies. Ginger is such a distinct flavor, and it's just as good in cookies as it is in savory dishes. We loved this recipe, and might have eaten way too many of these cookies over the course of two days....lets just say we had to do some extra exercising to burn off all of these cookie calories. :)

Big Soft Ginger Cookies
Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter (no substitutes), softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup molasses

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon salt

Additional sugar

Directions:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until puffy and lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.