Old Fashioned Gingerbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. (1 stick) butter or margarine
1 egg
1 c. light molasses
2 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 c. hot water

Preparation

Beat butter until soft.
Beat in egg.
Add light molasses; mix well.
Sift flour, soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves onto wax paper.
Add to molasses mixture alternately with hot water.