After Eight Cookies
Doughy soft, warm, chocolate cookies topped with melty After Eight mints, easy to make and baked in just 8 minutes. Enjoy freshly baked and gooey or reheat them in the microwave in seconds.
Ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter, softened
- 160 g dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- 190 g self-raising flour
- 30 g cocoa powder
- Large pinch salt
- 11-12 After Eight chocolates
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan/350ºf/gas 4. Line 2-3 baking trays/sheets with baking paper.
- Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric whisk on medium until creamy, then add in the egg and vanilla and beat again well.
- Add in the flour, cocoa and salt and beat on the lowest speed, until a dough has formed. Chill for 30 mins (see notes).
- Use a small ice cream scoop or roll the dough into walnut-size balls and add to your baking trays/sheets, leaving space around each one to spread - I like to do 5 per tray.
- Transfer to the oven and bake for 8-9 minutes or just until the top no longer looks wet (top shelf around 8 mins, lower shelves will take around 9 mins). Turn the oven off.
- As soon as the trays come out the oven, top each cookie with one After Eight chocolate. Then pop the trays back in the oven for one minute to melt.
- Leave to set for around 15-20 minutes, and enjoy or leave to cool completely for storage. These cookies will be soft and gooey and may fall apart easily when warm, don’t be put off by that they are delicious this way! You can keep them in an air tight tin or container for up to a week - microwave briefly (for 1 cookie 15-20 seconds) before serving as they are best this way!
Notes
If you have space to fit three baking trays in your fridge, I would recommend instead of chilling the dough in the bowl, scoop the batter, add to your trays and then chill for 30 minutes on the trays. This will result in a thicker cookie.
Nutrition - per serving
Calories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 12mgPotassium: 87mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 306IUCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
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