Mellys Chocolate Cookies!!

Triple Chocolate Cookies
Makes 12

200g unsalted butter
300g caster sugar
1 large egg
275g self-raising flour
75g cocoa powder
three BIG bars of chocolate (your preference I chose Lindt)

Throw your butter into a bowl and whizz it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften, take out and add in the sugar.

Mix with a spoon or electric whisk until creamy. Crack in an egg and mix some more, then throw in your dry ingredients: self-raising flour (no need to sift), cocoa powder and chocolate bars broken down into squares.

Things might seem a little dry at this point so lug in a few drops of milk to combine the mixture into more of a dough if needed.

Line two trays with baking paper, scoop the mixture into 12 handfull size balls and place far apart on the tray. Pop in a preheated fan oven at 220°C (200°C for non-fan) for 10 minutes. They will be super sloppy still when you remove them, but leave them to cool for around 30 minutes (if you can wait that long!), and they will stiffen up ready for your cookie eating pleasure.

If triple choc isn’t your style, then whip whatever additions you fancy into the mix; I’ve loaded the mixture up with a sprinkling of salt, a spoonful of peanut butter and a handful of peanuts to make a sweet ‘n salty treat and they tasted a’ok ifI say so myself. Fellow cookie monsters, enjoy.