Do not preheat oven yet, dough must chill before baking.
3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 large beaten egg
4 T. molasses (1/4 c.)
2 tea. baking soda
1/2 teas. salt
2 teas. ground ginger
2 1/4 c. flour
1/2 cup white sugar in a small bowl for later
Melt butter and mix in sugar. Cool, then add egg. Add soda, molasses, salt, and ginger. Stir. Add flour and mix in. Chill the dough for an hour or more.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Roll dough into balls and then roll in the bowl of sugar. Put them on greased cookie sheets and flatten. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
From Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
My grandma had a similar recipe made with melted shortening instead of butter. We let the balls flatten during baking and they had a nice crinkly top.
