Cookies are one of my favourite treats in the entire world. What's not to love really. Chocolaty, gooey cookies mmmm... It makes my mouth water just thinking about it. I know they are so, so awful for you but do you know what, I don't really care.
Many years ago I found the best recipe for cookies on Vivianna Does Makeup. Since then Tanya Burr and Zoella have both features the recipes on their youtube channels. That's because they are so, so good and they really can't go wrong. Over the years, I've adapted these cookies to work for me and my family. These cookies are a hit with everyone I make these for. My family could easily eat all of them in a day. I've also used this recipe for bake sales and they always go down so well. The best thing is they are so easy and quick to whip up. It seriously is a recipe I reach for time and time again!
All you need is: 200g of butter (margarine or 'fake' butter tend to work the best because it needs to be super soft), 300g caster sugar, 1 egg, 75g cocoa powder, 275g self- raising flour, white chocolate, milk chocolate, milk.
First thing first is to preheat the oven to 220°C for a fan oven or 200 °C for a non- fan oven. Next you need to soften the butter. I find by using either margarine or some sort of butter in a tub it makes things so much easier. If you use a block of butter, it's much, much harder to work with. Put the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and cream together until creamy (use either a wooden spoon or a mixer). Next crack in the egg and mix again. Follow that by throwing in all the dry ingredients (you don't need to sieve the flour and cocoa powder). Break up the chocolate (add as much or as little as you want) and combine it all together. At this point the mixture is really dry so add in a bit more than a splash of milk so you can combine the mixture to be a little bit more sticky. Next just use a tablespoon to scoop out the mixture and pop onto a lined baking tray. Bare in mind that these cookies spread so you probably don't want to be putting anymore than six tablespoon sized scoops onto the tray. Whack them in the oven for 10 minutes and smell the delicious cookies baking. When you take them out they will be super sloppy and that is just how they should be. Put them aside for around 15- 2o minutes and you will be left with cookies that are gooey on the inside and slightly crunchy on the outside.
It's that easy! They are so good as well. You can either eat these cold or what I like to do is pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds so they are warm and the chocolatey chunks melt again. I am warning you though, although they may not look like much, you will be addicted to these.
Talk to you tomorrow, Chloe xx
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