Weird, Yet Yummy

I recently made these cookies for a church function. They are unusual, but people seemed to really enjoy them and I was asked for the recipe, so...

...voila!

Chocolate Chip Ginger Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
6 tablespoons molasses
1/2 teaspoon salt (3/4 if using unsalted butter)
2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom*
1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips2 1/2 cups flour

*Cardamom is incredibly expensive and the cookies are still very good without them, so if you don't already have some available, don't bother buying any.

Cream together butter and sugars. Mix in egg and molasses. Once well incorporated, blend in salt, soda, ginger, allspice, pepper and cardamon. Stir in chocolate chips and finally add the flour. Blend well. Place bowl of dough into fridge to firm up for about an hour or two. Preheat oven to 350^. Once dough is sufficiently chilled, form inch sized balls of it and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Let cool for a couple of minutes, then remove them from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.

I think next time I make these, I'll crank them up a notch by adding 1/4 teaspoon of each of the spices (except for the pepper).

Enjoy!