Double Chocolate & Almond Ghost Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 Ghost pepper (fresh)
• 2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup of cocoa powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups of dark chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup of dry roasted unsalted almonds or 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat together butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla & Ghost pepper (remove seeds & finely dice & smash up the Ghost pepper) until fluffy.
3. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda & into butter mixture until completely blended, fold in chocolate chips & nuts.
4. Drop rounded teaspoons of the dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
5. Bake 8-10 minutes, cool cookies on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to cooling rack. Eat & enjoy.