Name of Recipe: Nigella's Chocoholic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Number of People: Makes 12 biscuits
Ingredients:125g dark chocolate
150g plain flour
30g cocoa
1 teaspoon bicarb soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
75g brown sugar
125g soft butter
50g white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, cold from fridge
350g (2 bags) dark chocolate chips
Preparation:1. Preheat oven to 170C
2. Melt chocolate (125g) in thermie (or could do it out of thermie) at 50C, 3 mins, speed 3. Remove.
3. Cream butter and sugars for 20 secs, speed 5. Scrape down bowl with spatula.
4. Add melted chocolate and mix for 20 secs, speed 5. Scrape down bowl with spatula.
5. Add vanilla extract and egg. Mix for 10 secs, speed 5. Scrape down bowl with spatula.
6. Add cocoa, flour, bicarb and salt. Mix for 20 secs, speed 5. Scrape down bowl with spatula.
7. Add chocolate chips. Mix on reverse, 20 secs, speed 3.
8. Place onto baking tray. Makes 12 biscuits so use an ice cream scoop to get even quantities (or I don't have one so use a 1/3 cup measure and fill it almost to the top, then plop it onto the tray with a spoon). I fit 6 on each tray as they become huge when cooked.
9. Bake in oven for approx 18 minutes.
10. Enjoy!! Not for the faint hearted
Tips/Hints:As these biscuits are so rich, you prob won't need 12 baked all at once. What you can do with this recipe is make all of the dough and divide into 12 biscuits as per recipe but only bake half in the oven. The other half can be placed into the freezer on a baking tray instead. Once frozen, take them off and put them into a freezer bag, ready to be defrosted and baked when you next get a chocolate craving or have people coming over. Or you can bake ten and freeze two, bake two and freeze ten, please yourself!![/list]
Members' commentsJessiebean - used 120g rapadura and "only" 220g choc chips and they are the most amazingly divine biscuit I have tasted, not subtle, granted but just luscious and perfect!
