Sunday, 17 April 2016

How to make chunky monkey cookies

This is one of my favourite recipes in the children's cookbook by Sara Lewis. It makes 18 delicious cookies. You can change some ingredients like we change the glacé cherries to cranberries



      Ingredients

  • 200g /7oz plain flour
  • 1teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 125g / 4oz caster sugar
  • 125g / 4oz butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 150g / 5oz White chocolate 
  • 75g / 3oz glacĂ© cherries (or cranberries)


     What to do
  1. Set the oven to gas mark 4 180'c / 350'f
  2. Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and sugar into a bowl and mix together 
  3. Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips or use an electric mixer until it looks like fine crumbs 
  4. Beat together the egg and milk in a cup or mug. Chop the chocolate and cherries (or cranberries) on a chopping board, then add all 4 ingredients to the bowl and mix together
  5. Grease the baking sheets. Drop heaped dessertspoonfuls of cookie mixture well spaced apart, onto the baking sheets
  6. Bake for 8 - 12 minutes until lightly browned. Leave for 2 minutes to harden, the transfer to a wire cooling rack
  7. Ta da! You're done! Enjoy your delicious cookies!

     Remember 
   
     Don't melt the chocolate in it is supposed to have chocolate chips