Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325'
2. Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, and
cloves
3. Cream butter and sugar. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add egg and
molasses and beat on medium speed until smooth.
4. Scrape down bowl and add flour mixture, blend on low speed until
just combined -- do not over mix!
5. Separate dough into 2 balls and flatten into disks. Wrap each disk
tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
6. On floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll dough out to
1/4" thickness. With floured cookie cutters cut into shapes. Gather
scraps and re-roll dough until all is used. Place on ungreased baking
sheets about 1/2" apart.
7. Bake 9-11 minutes -- do not brown. Transfer to cool, flat surface
and cool.

Preparing Icing: