Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup buttermilk
2-1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped raising or 1/2 cup chopped, crystalized ginger

Directions:
Cream butter and brown sugar together. Beat in egg and molasses. Sift together flour, baking soda, spices and salt. Mix buttermilk and flour mixture in to batter. Stir in chopped raising or ginger.

Drop the batter from a teaspoon onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 8-12 minutes.

Optional: frost with orange or rum-flavored frosting.