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Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar ½ cup peanut butter ¼ cup butter, softened ¼ cup molasses 1 egg 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda ½ teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration

Nutrition Info

290.4 calories carbohydrate: 46.8 g cholesterol: 25.7 mg fat: 9.9 g fiber: 1.2 g protein: 5.4 g saturatedFat: 3.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 397.4 mg sugar: 28.2 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Mix together the brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, molasses and egg in a large bowl.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cloves and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until well blended.
For each cookie, shape a generous tablespoon of dough into a ball and roll in granulated sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes, or until just set. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

2 1/2 dozen

Plump sugar-topped cookies that taste just like Mary Jane candies. I tone down the ginger and cloves for my toddlers.