Gooey cookies
Makes 10
These chunky cookies are delicious on their own or served warm with ice cream as a dessert.
You will need
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100g butter softened
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125g light muscovado sugar
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1 medium egg yolk
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125g plain flour
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30g cocoa powder
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½ teaspoon bicarbonate soda
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100g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
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60g pecan nuts, chopped
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2 baking sheets, lined with baking parchment
How to do it
1. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk, then sift in the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate ofsoda, and mix well. Cool for about 5 mins.
2. Add the chopped chocolate and pecan nuts. Chill the mixture while the oven heats up. Set the oven to 190C/Gas 5.
3. Divide the mixture into 10 equal parts, and roll each portion into a ball. Arrange, spaced well apart, on the baking sheets and press them to flatten to about1.5cm thick. Bake for 10-12 mins until risen and cracked but still a bit soft and gooey.
4. Cool for 5 mins, then transfer to a wire rack and serve warm or cold.
PREP TIME: 10 MINS
COOK TIME: 12 MINS
SKILL LEVEL: EASY CALS: 270
FAT: 17G
SAT FAT: 8G
CARBS: 28G
This story is from the July 13, 2020 edition of WOMAN'S OWN.
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