I had a bar of Chilli chocolate from Thorntons knocking around (I may have bought a few too many of these once upon a time, I love it, but I'm a little sick of it) and a recipe for Chocolate Orange chunk cookies, so decided to have a play and sub the Orange for Chilli and see what happened!
The result an amazing smelling house (it's worth making these for the smell alone), cookies with a light, cake type texture and a very happy Dad!
Look at that chunk! SO good.
And yes, they are a little anaemic looking but personally I am a fan of slightly underdone cookies...
Want to have a go at making these? Here's the recipe, found on Recipe Network
250g butter, softened;
50g caster sugar;
100g light muscovado sugar; (I used all Caster Sugar)
300g self-raising flour;
2 tbsp milk;
175g orange-flavoured dark chocolate, roughly chopped; (subbed for Chilli Chocolate)
50g pecan nuts, roughly chopped. (Left out because I had none!)
Beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour and milk, mix well then stir in the chocolate and nuts.
Divide the mixture into 18 equal portions. Roughly shape each portion into a ball. Put on lined baking sheets making sure they are well spaced out. Lightly flatten each biscuit.
Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180c/fan 160/gas 4, until lightly golden around the edges but still a bit soft in the middle. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool slighty before eating.
These were such a hit I'm going to experiment with other flavours of chocolate, Green and Blacks Butterscotch is begging to be tried as are some of Thorntons latest offerings (mango or banana perhaps?)
Let me know if you make these, and if you experiment with some fun flavours!
I'll post the cheesecake recipe and malteaser cupcake recipe tomorrow
xxx
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