Family Recipes / 29 November 2016

Recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery: Double chocolate chip cookies

After making their name with their superb preservative-free cakes since opening their first bakery in 2004, The Hummingbird Bakery is sharing some of its sweet secrets in The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook by Tarek Malouf and the Hummingbird bakers (Ryland Peters & Small, £16.99). There are lots of easy-to-make recipes, but Coco’s favourite is this Double Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe

By Bonita Turner

Difficulty: Medium
Prep time: 2 hrs 5 mins
Cooking time: 10 - 15 mins
Makes: 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 50g Unsalted butter
  • 450g dark chocolate Chopped
  • 2 Eggs
  • 170g Brown sugar
  • ¼tsp vanilla extract
  • 85g Plain flour
  • ½tsp Salt
  • ½tsp Baking powder

Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3.

Step 2

Put the butter and half the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water) until the chocolate is melted.

Step 3

Put the butter and half the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water) until the chocolate is melted.

Step 4

Pour in the chocolate mixture, beating on a slow speed until mixed.

Step 5

Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a separate bowl, then stir into the chocolate mixture in three stages.

Step 6

Finally, mix in the remaining chocolate. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper and put six equal amounts of cookie dough spaced evenly apart on each.

Step 7

Bake for 10–15 minutes until the tops look glossy and start to crack. Letthe cookies cool slightly before placingon a wire rack to cool completely.

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