Soft Gingerbread Men

Marci asked me to post my gingerbread men recipe--so here it is. It makes really soft good cookies.

3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1 cup butter (I use 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses

Cream sugar and butter, add egg and molasses. Mix together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Chill dough for about one hour and then roll out and cut into shapes. Bake at
350 for about 8-10 minutes. Do not let overbrown or they will be hard.