Indulgance Choc-chip Cookies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 20 minutes preparation time, 18 minutes cooking time and 5 minutes cooling time
- Easy
- Serves 12
Ingredients
- 125g dark chocolate, minimum 70% cocoa solids
- 150g flour
- 30g cocoa, sieved
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 125g soft butter
- 75g light brown sugar
- 50g white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, cold from the fridge
- 350g semi sweet chocolate morsels or dark chocolate chips
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven to 170oC/gas mark 3. Melt the 125g dark chocolate either in the microwave or in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water
- STEP 2put the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda, and salt into a bowl
- STEP 3cream the butter and sugars in another bowl, add the melted chocolate and mix together.
- STEP 4beat the vanilla extract and cold egg, and then mix in the dry ingredients. finally stir in the chocolate morsels or chips
- STEP 5scoop out 12 equal-sized-mounds- an ice cream scoop, and a palette knife are the best tools for the job- and place on a lined baking sheet about 6cm apart. do not flatten them
- STEP 6cook for 18 minutes, testing with a cake tester to make sure it comes out semi-clean and not wet with cake batter. if you pierce a chocolate chip ,try again.
- STEP 7leave to cool slightly on the baking sheet for 4- 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to harden as they cool