Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

You can't beat American-style cookies with big chunks of chocolate and nuts. The perfect grown-up biscuit

• Cooking Time Prep 15 mins
  Cook 12 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Makes 12

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  294

• Protein

  4g

• Carbs

  27g

• Fat

  20g

• Saturates

  8g

• Fibre

  2g

• Sugar

  17g

• Salt

  0.44g

Ingredients

• 200g dark chocolate, broken into squares (we like Green & Black's)
• 100g butter, chopped
• 50g light muscovado sugar
• 85g golden caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg, beaten
• 100g whole pecans
• 100g plain flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Melt 85g chocolate in the microwave on High for 1 min or over a pan of simmering water.
2. Beat in the butter, sugars, vanilla and egg until smooth, then stir in three-quarters of both the nuts and remaining chocolate, then the flour and bicarbonate of soda.
3. Heap 12 spoonfuls, spaced apart, on 2 baking sheets (don't spread the mixture), then poke in the reserved nuts and chocolate. Bake for 12 mins until firm, then leave to cool on the sheets. Can be stored in a tin for up to 3 days.

Categories: All Christmas, Cakes & Baking, Chocolate, More Recipes