Its my wedding anniversary today – 3 years!
I am reluctant to share this recipe, its kind of like if I tell you I will have to kill you situations! I made these for my wedding as favours and they went down a storm, I can only describe them as a classy Millies Cookie. They are made oversized and slightly undercooked – I have not yet met a person who doesn’t like them! They have been sold at school fairs, taken into my husbands office, been teacher gifts at the end of term and of course made for my wedding. I don’t know what possessed me, I obviously really do like baking. The day before I was slaving over a hot stove packaging 150 of the blighters!
If you make them, and don’t enjoy, please don’t tell me….. They hold happy memories!
They are really quick to make.
Ingredients
125g dark chocolate
150g plain flour
30g cocoa
Tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
125g unsalted butter room temp
75g light brown sugar
50g caster sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 egg
350g choc pieces
Method
melt the 125g butter and 125g chocolate together. I usually do this in a bowl in the microwave, if you are doing it this way put it on high for 1 minute and then check every 5 to see if melted.
Place all other ingredients in your stand mixer or large bowl and add the melted chocolate and butter mixture slowly with a large spatular.
Once a sort of dough texture has been formed, use your hands to divide into equal balls. Depending on size of cookie you are after – for a largish size I would go for cadburys creme egg size!
Place them on parchment paper with enough room in between to spread out and rise a bit.
Bake for 10 mins and then check, it never usually takes more than 14 mins. You will just be able to tell when they are cooked, they tend to spread out and have some cracks. You don’t want to overcook or burn the chocolate chunks.
They freeze really well but also get eaten VERY quickly!
