Cookies, chocolate chunk & pecan - by Venus

by Venus Wed 12 Nov - 11:18

Ingredients
200g dark chocolate , broken into squares (we like Green & Black's)
100g butter , chopped
50g light muscovado sugar
85g golden caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg , beaten
100g whole pecans
100g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method
1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Melt 85g chocolate in the microwave on High for 1 min or over a pan of simmering water.
2. Beat in the butter, sugars, vanilla and egg until smooth, then stir in three-quarters of both the nuts and remaining chocolate, then the flour and bicarbonate of soda.
3. Heap 12 spoonfuls, spaced apart, on 2 baking sheets (don't spread the mixture), then poke in the reserved nuts and chocolate. Bake for 12 mins until firm, then leave to cool on the sheets. Can be stored in a tin for up to 3 days.

Nutrition per serving
294 calories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, salt 0.44 g