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Have you finished your Christmas baking yet? If not, let me tempt you with a batch or two of these indulgent double chocolate cookies. They are crispy around the edges and soft and chewy in the middle. Rich and decadent chocolate is balanced out with a light sprinkling of flaked sea salt in this recipe.
Why You’ll Love Them
These cookies have a wide appeal to kids and adults alike as they are easy to fall in love with. Children will adore the double chocolate aspect of this recipe. So rich with soft centres reminiscent of brownies. That being said they are not cloyingly sweet. Adults will appreciate the mint and sea salt flavours, balancing our the richness of chocolate. Apart from everything mentioned above, they are SO easy to make. The main thing to watch out for is NOT overbaking them, which will turn them hard.
Recipe Tips and Notes
Make sure your butter is at room temperature. While a simple thing, it’s very important to the success of the recipe. If you happen to forget to take your butter out of the fridge, grate it on a cheese grater, let it sit for 10-15 minutes at room temperature and it will be ready to use! Use unsweetened cocoa powder and good quality dark chocolate with mint flavour. I got mine from Aldi. If you are unable to find mint flavoured chocolate, you can use either mint chocolate chips or use regular chocolate and add 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract. These cookies spread in the oven, so to avoid them merging together place the cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet. You can easily double the recipe by doubling each ingredient. If you don’t care for the mint flavour, use regular chocolate. Finally allow the cookie to cool for 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to avoid breaking fragile, straight out of the oven cookies.
Favourite Christmas Treats to Try:
Almond Thumbprint Cookies with Chocolate Candied Almonds Brown Butter Hazelnut Blondies Matcha White Chocolate Cookies (Grinch Cookies)
