One
cup butter
Two cups
brown sugar
Two
eggs
Seven-eigths (7/8) cups
molasses
Two
teaspoons
baking soda
Four and a half cups
flour
One teaspoon
cinnamon
One teaspoon
nutmeg
One teaspoon
cloves
One teaspoon
ginger
Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten eggs, mollases, and spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger). Dissolve baking soda in a little hot water. Stir well and add flour one cup at a time. Roll dough into small balls. Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for between ten and twenty minutes.