CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES
1 cup flour
½ cup Cocoa Powder
½ tspn bicarb of soda
½ tsp salt (if using salted butter, omit salt)
250g dark chocolate (chopped)
125g butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs whisked
1 tsp vanilla extract
Melt ½ the chocolate with the butter over a double boiler (baine marie) set aside to cool
Sieve flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, cocoa and sugar together.
Add vanilla to whisked eggs and add to cooled melted chocolate mixture. Add to flour mixture and mix well. Add chopped chocolate to mixture and blend well. Use ice cream scoop and place on greased baking sheet. Do not place them too close together as the cookies tends to spread. Bake at 180C for 12-15 minutes. The recipe makes 18 cookies.
Adjusted recipe A Siebert
Add 1 cup desiccated coconut to the dry ingredients after sieving, and then continue as normal. Make smaller balls, as these does not spread as much as the original recipe
Photo: Alida Siebert