In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt & allspice. Stir in the chocolate chips. Add the rest of the ingredients in order, beating well after each addition. Lightly oil non-stick cookie sheets. Drop the batter by the teaspoonful onto the cookie sheets. Bake 12 to 15 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. NOTE: I've had wild variations with this recipe. One batch cooked in 7 minutes, one batch did not cook until 20 minutes. It seems to have settled down between 12 & 15 minutes as I changed some of the ingredient amounts. I've also had anything from 33 to 45 cookies in a batch. Recipe by Mark Satterly