Recipe : Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
1 1/2 cups and 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tbsp unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda 
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
8 ounces of bittersweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cream the butter, brown sugar, molasses, and ginger together in an electric mixer, or by hand.

In a separate bowl, sift the dry ingredients together.  Pour them into the wet ingredients, and then add the chocolate chips, mixing well.

Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, place onto buttered baking sheets, and refrigerate for twenty minutes.  Remove from refrigerator, and bake 10-12 minutes until done.

Makes approximately 30 cookies.