Melt-in-your-mouth chocolate nut cookies

June 29, 2009 at 8:06 pm | Posted in Cakes and Biscuits | Leave a comment

All time classic cookies from our guest chef Eleanor Priestley – Believe me these are excellent

325g Self Raising Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
125g Demerera Sugar
250g Caster Sugar
220g Butter
2tsp Vanilla Essence
1tsp Salt
2 Eggs
200g Cadburys Milk Choc (or dark / white if you prefer) 200g nuts (pref.
walnuts, pecans or cashews)

- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C / gas mark 3
- Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, butter, salt, vanilla essence and eggs together using a hand mixer until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs
- Smash the chocolate and nuts separately in a pestle and mortar
- Add the chocolate and nuts to the main mixture until evenly distributed
- Make a dough using your hands
- Split into 12 and roll into the shape of a golf ball
- Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and put in the oven for
12-15 mins

Enjoy!!