3/4 cup butter or margarine
                1 cup sugar
                1 egg
                1/4 cup molasses
                2 cups all-purpose flour
                2 tsp. baking soda
                1/4 tsp. salt
                1 tsp. ground cinnamon
                1 tsp. ground cloves
                1 tsp. ground ginger
                Additional sugar

                In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar.  Add egg
                and molasses; beat well.  Sift together dry ingredients;
                gradually add to creamed mixture.  Mix well.  Chill the
                dough.  Roll into 1-1/4 in. balls and dip into sugar.
                Place 2 in. apart on ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake at
                375 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until set and
                surface cracks.  Cool on wire racks.

                Makes about 4 dozen.