Chocolate-Galangal Crinkle Cookies

While I am never one to double dip into the cookie jar, let alone triple dip, I can’t resist these chocolaty, deeply spiced cookies. Of course, classic crinkle cookies don’t have chunks of chocolate in them, let alone galangal, but I always want to up the chocolate quotient, so I added hand-chopped chocolate pieces to the dough. Use a good-quality bittersweet chocolate. My preferred brand is Valrhona for its creamy texture that melts richly and evenly on the tongue. You can use fresh ginger