Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies

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That's basically all you need to know about these cookies. So you know how I posted about Crack Cookies awhile back? Yeah, these are better. They have always been the best cookie recipe I've ever made. Which is saying a lot. You know how certain people are identified with certain foods? Like in my family, there are my dad's mint chocolate chip cookies (which I can do a pretty close attempt at, but never quite the same) and I associate one of my favorite recipes, red beans and rice, with my mom and her library cookbook-copying ways because it's one of the BEST recipes she ever introduced to our family. Anyways, the point is, if I could be identified by a recipe, this is definitely up there on the list of recipes I would want you to know me by. Because these cookies are good. Like, make someone fall in love with you good. Break any diet for these cookies, good. They are, in essence, the best.

So please, friends-try these. I beg you to make these. And if you have a cookie recipe that you think can top these, please tell me. I'm up for a challenge!

Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies (adapted from Nestle Toll House; yields 6ish dozen)
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
3/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter or margarine (use the butter!)
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1/3 cup light molasses (or dark-molasses is amazing no matter what)
1 (11 oz) package of butterscotch flavored morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In one bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. In another bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, and molasses until creamy. Gradually beat in flour mixture until well blended. Stir in morsels. (At this point, I recommend chilling the dough for about 20 minutes to make the next step easier.) Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 9-11 minutes (upwards of 13 depending on your oven) or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely. Then inhale.