Chocolate Cookies With Fudgy Centres

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 130 g salted butter or 130 g unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
• 150 g sugar
• 250 g self-raising flour
• 15 g cocoa powder
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 100 g chocolate chips (about 50)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar together. add salt if using.
• 2 sift the flour and cocoa powder together.
• 3 lightly beat the egg yolk with milk and vanilla extract together.
• 4 gradually beat egg mixture into butter/sugar mixture. fold in flour/cocoa mixture.
• 5 press the dough together and freeze for 10 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius. grease 2 baking trays or line with parchment paper.
• 7 roll out the dough to about 1/4" thick between two plastic sheets. cut out with small cookie cutters.
• 8 repeat with remaining dough until all is used up.
• 9 place a chocolate chip in the centre of 1 piece of cookie dough. top with another piece of cookie dough and press sides together to seal.
• 10 repeat until all the cookie dough is used up.
• 11 line them up nicely on the prepared baking tray and place in preheated oven. bake for about 10 minutes, remove and cool on wire racks.