I’m not a big biscuit baker…I have tried to make beautiful,if basic iced biscuits a number of times now and failed quite miserably. But cookies…I can bake!
I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t made double chocolate cookies before,instead usually making the regular chocolate chip variety.
I came across this recipe and decided to go for it. I wasn’t disappointed and they were very easy to bake,I whipped them up in no time.
I made 20 cookies from this recipe but of course this will vary depending on the size of them.
Here is the recipe,very slightly adapted.
225g softened unsalted butter
280g caster sugar
50g cocoa powder
275g plain flour
2 eggs
1tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
250g chocolate chips
Preheat your oven to 180 and line 2 large baking trays with parchment paper and set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar together in the bowl of your electric mixer for a good few minutes until it becomes light and fluffy.
In the meantime,sift the flour,baking powder,salt and cocoa powder into a separate bowl.
Add the eggs 1 at a time into the buttery mixture beating very well after each 1.
Now add in half of the sifted dry ingredients and combine it all together then add the chocolate chips and mix those in too.
Mix in the rest of the flour mixture and bring it all together,it will be a very stiff consistency.
Using a tablespoon or small ice cream scoop place well spaced mounds of the dough onto the baking trays.
I only put 4 onto each tray at a time and rotated the trays,maybe I could have baked more at a time but that was me being weird over cautious as usual!
Don’t worry about shaping them (I didn’t) as they will spread out as they bake.
Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
I baked them nearer to 10 and found they would have been better at 8,but hey ho I learned something.
Let them sit in the tray a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
My daughter couldn’t resist eating 1 hot and promptly burned her tongue..I guess she learned something too!
