It's not Christmas unless there are cookies

It was 2 days before Christmas and we didn't have cookies in the house. Of course this would not do. So the hubby and I warmed up the oven - which gloriously warmed the house - and made Molasses Spice Cookies.

Ingredients: 

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 
• 2t of baking soda
• 1/2t salt
• 1t ground ginger
• 1.5t ground cinnamon
• 1/4t ground allspice
• 3/4t ground cloves
• 3/4 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2c dark brown sugar, packed 
• 1/2c granulated sugar + 1/3c for rolling cookies
• 1 large egg
• 1t vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup unsulphered molasses

Directions here: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/molasses_spice_cookies/

Hubby and I really, really liked these. I think I preferred it with the optional glaze, but only lightly glazed.