Chunky-Choc Cookies

I know, I know, chocolate again! But sometimes there is just no substitute for the endorphin-inducing goodness provided by cocoa sweeties :D These are my current obsession, despite having been making them for years and years, I've had a recent resurgence of love for these goodies! Quick and easy, with a hit of the joy one gets from undertaking baking endeavours, plus the joy of eating baked goods without taking hours to make, or being complex :) Utter perfection in my humble opinion!

Lovingly adapted from 'Double Chocolate Cookies' in Donna Hay's Simple Essentials Chocolate 2007.

Ingredients

80g Butter

½ Cup Brown Sugar (not packed)

100g Dark Chocolate

¼ Cup Cocoa

1 Cup Plain Flour

1tsp Bi-carb Soda

1 Egg

100g Dark Chocolate (roughly chopped into chunks)

Method

Preheat oven (fan forced) to 160°C

In a heatproof jug place butter, sugar and 100g of chocolate

Melt in microwave on medium-low, for bursts of 1 minute, stirring between each burst, until melted and smooth – leave aside to cool

In another bowl sift cocoa, flour and bi-carb soda

Once chocolate mixture has cooled a little, stir egg in until well combined

Add half of the flour mixture, and mix until just combined, then add the other half and mix until just combined

Mix in the chocolate chunks

Place clumps  of dough on a tray (they don’t need to be neatly rolled into balls) – makes between 20 and 23 cookies

Bake for 8 minutes

Leave on trays to harden for a few minutes, before placing on a rack to cool

Notes

Enjoy oozy and fudgy straight from the oven (watch the choc chunks they’re hot!), but also great once cooled and set.

Happy baking adventures!