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Chocolate Cookies

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5 March 2019 BY Julie Biuso
SERVES: Makes 18

Chocolate Biscuits 8

I want cookies! Crisp and buttery and surprisingly chocolately – just the thing with a cuppa.

Ingredients
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120g (4 oz) plain flour 1 tsp baking powder Pinch of salt 30g (1 oz) sweetened chocolate drinking powder 120g (4 oz) butter, softened 60g (2 oz) caster sugar

 (superfine caster sugar)

Method
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1 Sift flour, baking powder, salt and chocolate powder together into a bowl and set aside. Put butter in a bowl and beat with an electric beater for 1-2 minutes until loose and creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in sifted dry ingredients a third at a time and mix well.Chocolate Biscuits

2 Roll mixture into balls the size of a walnut and place 8cm (3”) apart on a baking sheet (tray) lined with baking (parchment) paper. Make two batches. Gently flatten each ball with the fingers then press gently with a wet fork (dunk fork in water, shake, then use).

Chocolate Biscuits 1
Roll into balls leaving plenty of space as biscuits spread.
Chocolate Biscuits 1
Flatten with fingers then press with a wet fork.

3 Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C (350°F) for about 10 minutes, until set in shape and the colour changes a fraction – do not allow the biscuits to darken or they will taste bitter (check biscuits after 7 minutes, then every minute after that).

4 Leave cookies on the tray for a few minutes before sliding them off onto a cooling rack.  Store air-tight – they’ll keep well for several days.

chocolate biscuits 4
Cool cookies on a wire rack.
Optional – sprinkle with icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar)

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