Prepare the ingredients

Preheat oven to 375 F

Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and ground cloves in a large bowl

In another bowl beat the softened butter, egg and sugar together

Add vanilla

Add molasses

And beat it until just mixed

Then slowly add your flour mixture

Keep adding

It should look like this after you're done adding all the flour mixture

Wrap it up for about an hour

Roll out your dough into 1/4 inch thickness

Cut with your cookie cutters

Yay

And carefully put them on your baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Pop them in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes

Take them out of the oven and let cool

Get your frosting ready

And have fun decorating!