Virginia’s molasses cookies- recipe 100 years old

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening, I use 1 stick margarine and 1/2 stick butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup heaping, molasses
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt