Double Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

• 50g unsalted butter
• 450g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
• 2 eggs
• 170g soft light browb sugar or light muscovado sugar
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 85g plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170C or 325F. Put the butter and half the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the base of the bowl touch the water). Leave until melted and smooth.

Put the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in a mixer and beat until well mixed. Pour in the chocolate mixture, beating on slow speed until well combined.

Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a separate bowl, then stir into the chocolate mixture in 3 additions mixing well after each addition. Finally, stir in the remaining chocolate until evenly dispersed.

Arrange equal amounts of cookie dough on each tray. Make sure the cookies are spaced apart to allow for spreading while baking. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, checking regularly after 10mins. They are ready when the tops start to crack and look glossy. Leave the cookies to cool slightly on the trays before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.