9 down – the end - nearly!

Here is my final choice from The Little Book of Chocolat :

Maya's Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Every child should know how to make these.

For the days when only cookies will do.

Takes 40 minutes/makes 15-20

200g butter, soft

50g unrefined caster sugar

120g unrefined light brown sugar

120g dark chocolate (drops or chopped)

175g oats

200g self raising flour

Heat the oven to 160fan/180c/Gas 4. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.

Cream together the butter and sugars, stir in the chocolate and oats, then finally add the flour and blend.

Roll the mixture by hand into 20-25 even-sized balls. Flatten them sightly with the palm of your hand and place on the baking sheet, giving them enough room to spread when cooking. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Once golden and cooked, cool on a wire rack and, if not eaten at once, store in an airtight container.

As is usual the recipe is taken exactly as written from the book – have you spotted the deliberate mistake? There are conflicting numbers of cookies – 15-20 in the heading and 20-25 in the final paragraph.

I'm not pointing this out to be mean spirited – in fact we all measure in different ways – I actually got 16 cookies from the recipe given.

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