Preheat ovento 325 degrees, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
In mediumbowl, cream the butter, with 1 cup of sugar. Add the molasses and egg and beatwell.
In small bowlstir together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Addthe flour mixture to the creamed mixture and stir to combine well.
Using ¼ cupmeasuring scoop, shape dough into 12 balls. Roll in a ¼ cup sugar andplace on baking sheet. Place one sheet at a time and bake for 18- 20 min. Coo if you are making smaller cookies, using a Tbs cookie scoop bake for 8-9 minutes. The cookies will lookslightly underbaked, but they are done. Remove cookies and move to a wire rackto cool
Notes
The key to chewy cookies is they will look slightly underbaked, but once they are out of the oven, the dough will set up!