Although these look like your average cookies, let me tell you they are quite different. Baked with butter, these cookies have the flavour of a shortbread biscuit but look like cookies. Hey, best of both right?
Ingredients
- 250g cold sea salt butter
- 100g granulated sugar
- 50g soft brown sugar
- 315g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 150g milk chocolate chunks
- 1 large egg beaten
- granulated sugar for rolling
- coarse sea salt
Method
- Beat the butter, granulated sugar, soft brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy (around five minutes)
- Slowly add the flour mixing lightly and then add the chocolate chunks
- Once the dough has been formed, roll the dough into a log shape (2" diameter), wrap in parchment paper and refrigerate for 2 hours until firm. Remove the dough from the fridge 1/2 an hour before baking as it will be easier to slice.
- Preheat oven to gas mark 4 and line the trays with baking parchement. Brush the outside of the logs with egg wash and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Slice into 1cm thick rounds and place them on the baking tray a few cm's apart as they will spread. Sprinkle with sea salt and bake for 12-15 minutes until the edges are just beginning to brown.
- Let the cookies cool slightly before removing from the tray as they will be quite soft when warm.
