Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg. Add molasses and spice. Stir well.
Mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Add flour mixture to cream mixture a little at a time. Mix well.
Roll dough on floured surface until dough is 1/4" thick. Cut out gingerbread men using cookie cutters.
Place cut gingerbread men on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for 12 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
Makes about 16 gingerbread men.