I got given a voucher for Amazon for Christmas and with some of it bought this book (ignore the review, that person obviously has no good taste!). It arrived yesterday and my mouth was watering just looking at those recipes!

Since we have a ball tonight I decided to try out one of the recipes and take them along.

They came out perfectly (though a little oddly shaped in some cases where they were too close together on the trays.. I only have small trays). Like the really nice ones you get from the supermarket, gooey and chewy in the centre but with a slight crunch round the edges.

Preheat oven to 160C

Melt 115g chocolate in a bain marie.

Beat together 113g Butter with 100g light brown sugar and 55g caster sugar.

Mix in the melted chocolate.

Add 1 egg and 1tsp vanilla extract and mix until blended.

Sift in 110g plain flour, 30g cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt. Mix until just incorporated.

Mix in 350g chocolate chips.

Scoop mounds of dough (approx 1oz each) and place them onto lined baking sheets about 3 inches apart.

Bake until they crack slightly on top and a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs. About 18 minutes.

Cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes and then using a metal spatula transfer to a cooling rack, until they’ve cooled completely they will be very delicate, the edges won’t crisp until they are.

This makes about 12 cookies, I found them a bit large so you could make more smaller ones, this will probably reduce the cooking time by a few minutes.

Enjoy!