Makes 32

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup fancy molasses
• 1 large egg
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup milk

Method

1. Cream sugar and butter, until pale and fluffy
2. Add the fancy molasses, egg, and beat until well combined
3. In a separate bowl whisk together the dry ingredients
4. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in 3 stages, alternately with milk
5. Bring dough together into a ball. Transfer to a bowl, cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. After this divide the dough into 2, flatten into disk shapes, 1 inch thickness, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or overnight
6. When ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 350F
7. Remove 1 disk of dough from the fridge and let rest for 10 minutes while you lightly flour a counter and line 2 cookie trays with baking parchment
8.  Roll the cookie dough to 1/4 inch thick (these cookies are not thin)
9. Using a round cookie cutter (2-2 ½ inch), cut into individual cookies and transfer to your prepared cookie trays, spacing 1 ½ inches apart
10. Bake at 350F for 12 minutes, once baked remove from oven and allow to cool on a rack