Easy and Yummy

Chocolate Chop Cookies
from Family Circle Step-by-Step Biscuits and Slices, Copyright 1994

Makes 24

150g unsalted butter I used salt reduced, it's what I had in the fridge
¼ cup soft brown sugar
1/3 cup caster sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1½ cups self raising flour
1 cup (200g) choc dots oops, threw in the whole packet (230g)

Preheat oven to moderate, 180˚C. Line a 32 x 28cm biscuit tray with baking paper.

Using electric beaters, beat butter, sugars and yolk in a small mixing bowl until light and creamy. Add essence and beat until combines.

Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl; add flour and two-thirds of the choc dots. Using a metal spoon, stir until ingredients are just combined.

Using fingers, press mixture together to form a soft dough. Roll one tablespoon of mixture at a time into a ball.

Press remaining chocolate dots firmly on top of balls. Arrange on prepared tray, allowing room for spreading. Bake 15 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned. Cool biscuits on tray.

Storage: Stored biscuits in an airtight container for up to three days.
Hint: Choc dots are smaller versions of choc bits. Use choc bits in place of choc dots if preferred. Alternatively, use half white chocolate and any selection of chopped nuts.

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I thought I would kill two birds with one stone yesterday and make something yummy for my blog that I could then take to scrapbooking for snacking on later. They went down a treat with the ladies at scrapbooking, and also with the family at home.

These cookies are so easy to make and really yummy to eat. I'm not a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies - those of you who know me in real life know of my total addiction to chocolate so may be surprised by this seemingly rash statement. Generally I find them too dry and they don't have enough chocolate, or else the chocolate is cheap cooking chocolate not good quality yummo eating chocolate. But these! Well, they are choc full of chocolate (the quality is up to you), crunchy but not too dry and you can make them as big or as small as you like to eat your cookies.

Just for the record, I used Choc Bits - Cadbury have bought some out and they are really nice, lots sweeter than the other brand and really "chocolate-y". I didn't keep any aside to press into the top of the cookies. I have tried it before but the choc bits are too big to do this without the uncooked cookies falling apart so now I just throw the lot in the mix. If you are cooking with kids this is a terrifc recipe - simple to make, only a few ingredients, easy measurements and a really yummy bowl to lick afterwards!