Elevator Lady Cookies

 Elevator Lady Cookies

from Ellen's kitchen, with thanks to reddit and thekitchn.com

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp cloves
• 3/4 tsp ginger
• additional sugar or sparkling white sugar (optional)

Heat:

• oven to 375.  

Cream:

• butter and sugar.  Add egg and molasses and combine until smooth.

Sift:

• dry ingredients and then add to creamed mixture until combined.

Roll:

• dough into walnut-sized balls and roll in sugar, if desired.

Place:

• cookies on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and leave on cookie sheets for 2 minutes before removing to cooling rack.