Chocolate Chip and Hazelnut Cookies

• porsi: 16 medium-size cookies b

Bahan-bahan

280g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

130g soft brown sugar

100g caster sugar

170g butter (melted and cooled)

1 large egg, 1 large yolk (mixed)

125g chocolate chips (We use 72 per cent single-origin chocolate from Peru)

100g whole hazelnuts, roasted and crushed

Petunjuk

1. In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder well. Add the chocolate and roasted hazelnuts.

2. In another bowl, mix the sugar with the butter. The sugar needs to be well dissolved. When it is well combined add the egg and mix well.

3. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together with a wooden spoon. (The kids mix here and make a wish as they do so.)

4. When well mixed, use an ice-cream scoop to place scoops of the cookie dough on a tray lined with parchment paper, and chill them in the fridge for one hour, minimum. At this point I like to get the kids washing up.

5. When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat your oven to 165 degrees Celsius, for a fan oven, or the equivalent. While waiting for the oven to warm up, take the cookie dough from the fridge and place it on a baking tray (I put eight scoops per tray, well spaced out).

6. Bake for 12-13 minutes, for a gooey centre.

7. Remove them from the oven and leave them to cool down. (These cookies will be soft when removed from the oven and will set as they cool down.)