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These are a very good Autumn / Christmas-Time cookie. They go great with a mug of mulled apple cider.

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Sifted All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Ginger
• 3/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 3/4 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup Unsulfured Molasses
• 1/2 Cup and 2 Tablespoons White Sugar
• Small Bowl of Sugar for Finishing Cookies
• 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter
• 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Oven Temperature

350°F

Steps

• Cream the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy.
• Mix in the molasses, vanilla, and eggs.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, clove, and salt together.
• Gradually stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
• Make walnut-sized balls of dough, drop the balls of dough in the sugar, and coat them completely.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment and place dough balls on sheet approximately 2" apart.
• Bake for 14 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Let cookies cool on a wire rack, then transfer to an air-tight container for storage.

Special for Steve's Kitchen

• Bake for 18 minutes and cookies will be done.