I have always been on the lookout for that perfect cookie: crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, but above all, one that does not go flat in the oven… I believe I found it!

Ingredients:

• 25g butter, diced
• 175g dark chocolate, broken
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 50g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 40g self raising flour
• Either chopped nuts, chocolate chips, etc….100g of

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°fan/ Gas 4 and get 2 baking trays ready
• In a small pan, melt the chocolate and butter together, slowly, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Set aside to cool slightly
• In a large bowl, cream together egg and sugar
• Add the chocolate mixture, vanilla, flour and chips or else chosen, and mix with a wooden spoon
• Using a spoon or an ice cream scooper (small or medium size, depending on how many you want!), drop the mixture on the trays, well spaced (about 12)
• Bake in the oven for about 11 to 13mn: the cookies look swollen and cracked as on the photo, but only just
• Cool down on a wire rack immediately

Note:

Frankly, I love my ice cream scoopers whenever baking cookies. So much easier to handle, I never regretted their purchase! Might as well go for the trio: small, medium and large… you never know, you might even use them for ice cream!