Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies
By clacannon

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
Details
servings 12
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 12mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 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
Step 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
Step 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
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