Last time I hung out with Ted to make white chocolate pretzel peanut butter cookies, we watched the first episode of Game of Thrones. We’ve got a lot more episodes to go, which basically means  a lot more cookies!

These cookies use cardamom, which neither of us had ever used before. The dough had a coconut flavor the whole time it was coming together, but that faded once they were baked.

Ted and I seem to use a lot of hammering in our recipes...

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom
• 2 egg, room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup Whoppers (about 3/4 of them crushed into big chunks with the remainder left whole)
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cream the butter, sugars, cardamom, and cinnamon until light and fluffy.

Add the eggs, beating after each. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until just combined.

Add the Whoppers and chocolate chips and stir until well mixed.

Scoop the dough onto cookie sheets, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.

Bake 7-8 minutes until the cookies look nearly done.

Allow to cool for several minutes, then remove to a rack to finish cooling.

Get a big glass of milk, and enjoy!

Malted Chocolate Chip Whopper Cookies

From Fields of Cake and Other Good Stuff.

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom
• 2 egg, room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup Whoppers (about 3/4 of them crushed into big chunks with the remainder left whole)
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream together butter, sugars, cardamom, and cinnamon until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beating after each addition. Add flour, baking soda and salt mix until just combined. Add Whoppers and chocolate chips and stir in until well mixed.

Scoop dough onto cookie sheets spacing about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 7-8 minutes until the cookies look nearly done. Allow to cool on pan for several minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool.