Adventures in Baking - Ginger Cookies

In my book sweet should always walk hand and hand with salt and spice. This is why I love spice cookies so much. I've wanted to try this recipe because it has actual ground pepper in it which intrigues me. They came out lovely.

1. Cream 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Add 6 tbs molasses and 1 egg.

2. Whisk dry ingredients together - 2 1/2 cup flour, 2 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tbs ground ginger, 1/2 tsp baking spice, and 1/2 tsp ground pepper.

3. Slowly incorporate the dry into the wet ingredients. Divide into balls, space on tray and sprinkle with sugar. (I decided to sprinkle with some Maldon sea salt instead - go easy though!)

4. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.