Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g dark chocolate, minimum 70% cocoa solids
• 150 g flour
• 30 g cocoa, sieved
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 125 g soft butter
• 75 g light brown sugar
• 50 g sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, cold from the fridge
• 2 (350 g) bags semisweet chocolate morsels or 2 (350 g) bags dark chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 170°c/gas mark 3. melt the 125g dark chocolate either in the microwave or in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water.
• 2 put the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl.
• 3 cream the butter and sugars in another bowl. (i use my freestanding mixer, itself an odd source of comfort to me.) add the melted chocolate and mix together.
• 4 beat in the vanilla extract and cold egg, and then mix in the dry ingredients. finally stir in the chocolate morsels or chips.
• 5 scoop 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.
• 6 cook 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.
• 7 leave to cool slightly on the baking sheet for 4-5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to harden as they cool.