- Makes12
- CourseSnack
- Prepare20 mins
- Cook20 mins
- Total time40 mins
- Pluscooling + chilling
Ingredients
- 150g unsalted butter
- 150g light brown soft sugar
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp double cream (or single cream or milk)
- 1 medium free range egg
- 256g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ¾ tsp sea salt flakes
- 100g chocolate (dark, milk, white or a mix), roughly chopped
- 50g seeds, oats or nuts (such as pistachios, sesame seeds, pecans), roughly chopped
- 50g dried fruit (such as dates, cranberries, sultanas)
Method
In a small pan, melt the butter over a medium-high heat, swirling occasionally, until it starts to turn golden and smells nutty. Tip into a large bowl and set aside to cool for 20 minutes. Once cool, add both sugars and the cream/milk, then beat together with an electric hand mixer (or use a freestanding mixer) for about 2 minutes until smooth. Beat in the egg for about 2 minutes until everything is evenly combined
In a separate bowl, use a fork to whisk together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then fold into the butter mixture until just combined. Fold in the chocolate, seeds (and/or oats or nuts) and the dried fruit until evenly distributed (the dough will look a little dry, but will hydrate as it chills). Line a baking tray with baking parchment and scoop balls of dough (around 65g each) onto it. Chill for 2 hours or overnight.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Arrange the balls on trays lined with baking parchment, leaving space between each. Bake for 12-15 minutes, swapping the trays around halfway through, until just set. Cool on the trays for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Cook’s tip
Baker's tip
Browning butter gives it a more complex, biscuity flavour, making cookies and cakes taste that little bit more luxurious.
Nutritional
Typical values per cookie when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 1,469kJ/ 351kcals |
|---|---|
Fat | 17g |
Saturated Fat | 9.3g |
Carbohydrates | 44g |
Sugars | 27g |
Fibre | 1.9g |
Protein | 4.5g |
Salt | 0.7g |