Beat butter and 1 cup sugar until creamy. Add egg and molasses, mix well.

Whisk flour, soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves and ginger in bowl. Stir in crystallized ginger.

Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients 1 cup at a time. Chill dough in refrigerator 30 minutes-1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375. Roll dough into 1" balls and roll in sugar. Bake for 8-10 minutes.