Molasses Cookies

From Kathleen

1/2 cup butter (softened)

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup molasses

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup of milk with some lemon juice or vinegar in it)

Preheat oven to 350. Beat butter. Add sugar and blend. Add egg and molasses and then beat all four ingredients together. Mix all the dry ingredients (flour through salt) in another bowl or sift them together. Add them in parts to the beaten first four ingredients until thoroughly blended. Add buttermilk last as it will make the dough get sticky.

Bake for about 10-15 minutes (check often the first batch...very hard to tell when done as the cookies are already brown).