Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, or to taste
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup crystallized ginger, chopped fine
  • 1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and salt.
  • In another bowl with an electric mixer cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in egg.
  • Beat in flour mixture and stir in ginger and chocolate chips.
  • Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 3 inches apart onto buttered baking sheets and bake cookies in batches in middle of oven 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden.
  • Cool cookies on baking sheet 1 minute and transfer to racks to cool completely.
  • Cookies keep in airtight containers 5 days.