Bake our dark chocolate cookies for an afternoon tea treat, then check out more delicious cookie recipes such as these classic chocolate chip cookies and healthy cookies. For more sweet treats, try our rocky road, chocolate brownies and other chocolate recipes.
Ingredients
- 70% dark chocolate 150g, chopped into chunks
- olive oil 100ml
- light muscovado sugar 50g
- golden caster sugar 85g
- egg 1, beaten
- plain flour 200g
- bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp
- sea salt flakes
Method
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Step 1
Put 100g of the chocolate in a bowl and melt either over a pan of simmering water or in short blasts in the microwave.
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Step 2
Beat the oil, sugars and egg until smooth, then stir in the melted chocolate. Stir in the remaining chocolate chunks, then the flour and bicarbonate of soda. Roll into 16 equal-sized balls.
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Step 3
Put on 2 non-stick baking sheets, well spaced apart, and press down to flatten a little. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 or until firm and cracked on the surface. Sprinkle with a little sea salt as soon as they come out of the oven.
Nutritional Information
- Kcals 195
- Fat 10.7g
- Saturates 3.3g
- Carbs 21.3g
- Sugars 10.7g
- Fibre 1.5g
- Protein 2.4g
- Salt 0.5g